Psalmorum 148
1 alleluia laudate Dominum de caelis laudate eum in excelsis
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heauen: prayse ye him in the high places.
2 laudate eum omnes angeli eius laudate eum omnes virtutes eius
Prayse ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his armie.
3 laudate eum sol et luna laudate eum omnes stellae et lumen
Prayse ye him, sunne and moone: prayse ye him all bright starres.
4 laudate eum caeli caelorum et aqua quae super caelum est
Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.
5 laudent nomen Domini quia ipse dixit et facta sunt ipse mandavit et creata sunt
Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
6 statuit ea in saeculum et in saeculum saeculi praeceptum posuit et non praeteribit
And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.
7 laudate Dominum de terra dracones et omnes abyssi
Prayse ye the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all depths:
8 ignis grando nix glacies spiritus procellarum quae faciunt verbum eius
Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:
9 montes et omnes colles ligna fructifera et omnes cedri
Mountaines and all hils, fruitfull trees and all ceders:
10 bestiae et universa pecora serpentes et volucres pinnatae
Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:
11 reges terrae et omnes populi principes et omnes iudices terrae
Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:
12 iuvenes et virgines senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini
Yong men and maidens, also olde men and children:
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius
Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his prayse aboue the earth and the heauens.
14 confessio eius super caelum et terram et exaltabit cornu populi sui hymnus omnibus sanctis eius filiis Israhel populo adpropinquanti sibi
For he hath exalted the horne of his people, which is a prayse for all his Saintes, euen for the children of Israel, a people that is neere vnto him. Prayse ye the Lord.
