< Псалтирь 148 >
1 Хвалите Господа с небес, хвалите Его в вышних.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.
2 Хвалите Его вси Ангели Его: хвалите Его, вся силы Его.
Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
3 Хвалите Его, солнце и луна: хвалите Его вся звезды и свет.
Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.
4 Хвалите Его, небеса небес и вода, яже превыше небес.
Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
5 Да восхвалят имя Господне: яко Той рече, и быша: Той повеле, и создашася.
praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
6 Постави я в век и в век века: повеление положи, и не мимо идет.
He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
7 Хвалите Господа от земли, змиеве и вся бездны:
Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,
8 огнь, град, снег, голоть, дух бурен, творящая слово Его:
fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,
9 горы и вси холми, древа плодоносна и вси кедри:
mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
10 зверие и вси скоти, гади и птицы пернаты:
wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,
11 царие земстии и вси людие, князи и вси судии земстии:
kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,
12 юноши и девы, старцы с юнотами.
young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.
13 Да восхвалят имя Господне: яко вознесеся имя Того единаго, исповедание Его на земли и на небеси.
For his name alone is exalted.
14 И вознесет рог людий Своих: песнь всем преподобным Его, сыновом Израилевым, людем приближающымся Ему.
Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.