Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de caelis: laudate eum in excelsis.
Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.
2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Laudate eum sol et luna: laudate eum omnes stellae, et lumen.
Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars and light.
4 Laudate eum caeli caelorum: et aquae omnes, quae super caelos sunt,
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and the water that is 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 spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in aeternum, et in saeculum saeculi: praeceptum posuit, et non praeteribit.
He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye serpents, and all deeps.
8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quae faciunt verbum eius:
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform 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:
wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:
11 Reges terrae, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terrae.
kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:
12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:
young men and virgins, old men with youths:
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.
let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,
14 Confessio eius super caelum, et terram: et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis eius: filiis Israel, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluia.
and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.
