Psalmorum 113

1 Alleluia. Laudate pueri Dominum: laudate nomen Domini.

Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.

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

Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum, laudabile nomen Domini.

From the rising of the sun to its going down, 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, and 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!