Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis; laudate eum in excelsis.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
2 Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his host.
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, and ye waters that be 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 stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi;
Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
8 ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus;
Fire and hail, snow and vapour; stormy wind, fulfilling his word:
9 montes, et omnes colles; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri;
Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars:
10 bestiæ, et universa pecora; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ;
Beasts and all cattle; creeping things and flying fowl:
11 reges terræ et omnes populi; principes et omnes judices terræ;
Kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth:
12 juvenes et virgines; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini:
Both 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 heaven.
14 Confessio ejus super cælum et terram; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.
And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
