Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de caelis: laudate eum in excelsis.
Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens. Praise him in the heights.
2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.
Praise ye him, all his agents. Praise ye him, all his host.
3 Laudate eum sol et luna: laudate eum omnes stellae, et lumen.
Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Laudate eum caeli caelorum: et aquae omnes, quae super caelos sunt,
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and 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 Jehovah. For he commanded, and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in aeternum, et in saeculum saeculi: praeceptum posuit, et non praeteribit.
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.
Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps,
8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quae faciunt verbum eius:
fire and hail, snow and vapor, 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 Bestiae, et universa pecora: serpentes, et volucres pennatae:
beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds,
11 Reges terrae, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terrae.
kings of the earth and all peoples, rulers and all judges of the earth,
12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:
both young men and virgins, old men and sons.
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.
Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
14 Confessio eius super caelum, et terram: et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis eius: filiis Israel, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluia.
And he has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his sanctified, even of the sons of Israel, a people near to him. Praise ye Jehovah.
