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 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 conlocet 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!