< Psalmorum 113 >
1 Alleluia. Laudate pueri Dominum: laudate nomen Domini.
Praise the LORD. Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum, ex hoc nunc, et usque in saeculum.
Blessed be the name of the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore.
3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum, laudabile nomen Domini.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, The LORD's name is to be praised.
4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super caelos gloria eius.
The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,
Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,
6 et humilia respicit in caelo et in terra?
Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
7 Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem:
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
8 Ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.
that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum laetantem.
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD.