Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis; laudate eum in excelsis.
Praise ye the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
2 Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.
Praise him, all ye his angels! Praise him, all ye his hosts!
3 Laudate eum, sol et luna; laudate eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
Praise ye him, sun and moon! Praise him, all ye stars of light!
4 Laudate eum, cæli cælorum; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt,
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens! Ye waters, that are above the heavens!
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 commanded, and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi; præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.
He hath also established them for ever; He hath given them a law, and they transgress it not.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi;
Praise the LORD from the earth, Ye sea-monsters, and all deeps!
8 ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus;
Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Thou tempest, that fulfillest his word!
9 montes, et omnes colles; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri;
Ye mountains, and all hills! Fruit-trees, and all cedars!
10 bestiæ, et universa pecora; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ;
Ye wild beasts, and all cattle! Ye creeping things, and winged birds!
11 reges terræ et omnes populi; principes et omnes judices terræ;
Ye kings, and all peoples, Princes, and all judges of the earth!
12 juvenes et virgines; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini:
Young men and maidens, Old men and children!
13 quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.
Let them praise the name of the LORD! For his name alone is exalted; His glory 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 exalteth the horn of his people, The glory of all his godly ones, Of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise ye the LORD!
