< Psalmorum 148 >
1 Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis; laudate eum in excelsis.
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
2 Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.
Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
3 Laudate eum, sol et luna; laudate eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
4 Laudate eum, cæli cælorum; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt,
Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
5 laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt; ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi; præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi;
Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
8 ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus;
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
9 montes, et omnes colles; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri;
mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
10 bestiæ, et universa pecora; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ;
wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
11 reges terræ et omnes populi; principes et omnes judices terræ;
kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
12 juvenes et virgines; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini:
young men and maidens, old and young together.
13 quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14 Confessio ejus super cælum et terram; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.
He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!