Psalmorum 113

1 Alleluja. [Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini.

Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, you his servants, praise the name of the Lord.

2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

The name of the Lord be blessed from now and for evermore.

3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini.

From sunrise to sunset is the name of the Lord to be praised.

4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus.

High is the Lord above all nations, above the heavens is his glory.

5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,

Who is like the Lord our God, seated on high?

6 et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra?

He bends down to look at the heavens and earth.

7 Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem:

He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,

8 ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.

and sets them beside the princes, even the princes of his people.

9 Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem.]

He gives the childless woman a home, and makes her the happy mother of children. Hallelujah.