Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de caelis: laudate eum in excelsis.
Praise Yah. Praise ye Yhwh from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.
Praise ye him, all his angels: 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 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 Yhwh: for he commanded, and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in aeternum, et in saeculum saeculi: praeceptum posuit, et non praeteribit.
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.
Praise Yhwh from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quae faciunt verbum eius:
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 Bestiae, et universa pecora: serpentes, et volucres pennatae:
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
11 Reges terrae, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terrae.
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.
Let them praise the name of Yhwh: for his name alone is excellent; his glory 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.
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelu jah.
