Psalmorum 113

1 Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye seruants of the Lord, prayse the Name of the Lord.

2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord from hencefoorth and for euer.

3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini.

The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising of ye sunne, vnto ye going downe of the same.

4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus.

The Lord is high aboue all nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.

5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,

Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high!

6 et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra?

Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!

7 Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem:

He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,

8 ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.

That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.

9 Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem.

He maketh the barren woman to dwell with a familie, and a ioyfull mother of children. Prayse ye the Lord.