Psalmorum 135
1 Alleluja. [Laudate nomen Domini; laudate, servi, Dominum:
Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants,
2 qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.
who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Laudate Dominum, quia bonus Dominus; psallite nomini ejus, quoniam suave.
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good: Sing praise to his name it is pleasant.
4 Quoniam Jacob elegit sibi Dominus; Israël in possessionem sibi.
The Lord for himself chose Jacob, Israel as his own special treasure.
5 Quia ego cognovi quod magnus est Dominus, et Deus noster præ omnibus diis.
For I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Omnia quæcumque voluit Dominus fecit, in cælo, in terra, in mari et in omnibus abyssis.
All that he wills he does in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all the abysses.
7 Educens nubes ab extremo terræ, fulgura in pluviam fecit; qui producit ventos de thesauris suis.
Clouds he brings up from the ends of the earth, lightnings he makes for the rain, wind he brings out of his storehouses.
8 Qui percussit primogenita Ægypti, ab homine usque ad pecus.
The firstborn of Egypt he struck, both humans and animals.
9 Et misit signa et prodigia in medio tui, Ægypte: in Pharaonem, et in omnes servos ejus.
Signs and wonders he sent into your midst, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 Qui percussit gentes multas, et occidit reges fortes:
Many nations he struck, mighty kings he slew
11 Sehon, regem Amorrhæorum, et Og, regem Basan, et omnia regna Chanaan:
Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12 et dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, hæreditatem Israël populo suo.
He gave their land for possession, possession to Israel his people.
13 Domine, nomen tuum in æternum; Domine, memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem.
Your name, O Lord, is forever; your memorial world without end.
14 Quia judicabit Dominus populum suum, et in servis suis deprecabitur.
For the Lord secures right for his people, and takes pity upon his servants.
15 Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
The idols of heathen are silver made by human hands.
16 Os habent, et non loquentur; oculos habent, et non videbunt.
They have mouths, but cannot speak: they have eyes, but cannot see.
17 Aures habent, et non audient; neque enim est spiritus in ore ipsorum.
They have ears, but cannot hear: there is no breath in their mouths.
18 Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
Their makers become like them, so do all who trust in them.
19 Domus Israël, benedicite Domino; domus Aaron, benedicite Domino.
House of Israel, praise the Lord: house of Araon, praise the Lord.
20 Domus Levi, benedicite Domino; qui timetis Dominum, benedicite Domino.
House of Levi, praise the Lord: you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord.
21 Benedictus Dominus ex Sion, qui habitat in Jerusalem.]
Blest be the Lord out of Zion, who lives in Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
