Psalms 148
1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.
Praise ye the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
2 Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
Praise him, all ye his angels! Praise him, all ye his hosts!
3 Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.
Praise ye him, sun and moon! Praise him, all ye stars of light!
4 Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens! Ye waters, that are above the heavens!
5 praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
Let them praise the name of the LORD; For he commanded, and they were created.
6 He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
He hath also established them for ever; He hath given them a law, and they transgress it not.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,
Praise the LORD from the earth, Ye sea-monsters, and all deeps!
8 fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,
Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Thou tempest, that fulfillest his word!
9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
Ye mountains, and all hills! Fruit-trees, and all cedars!
10 wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,
Ye wild beasts, and all cattle! Ye creeping things, and winged birds!
11 kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,
Ye kings, and all peoples, Princes, and all judges of the earth!
12 young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.
Young men and maidens, Old men and children!
13 For his name alone is exalted.
Let them praise the name of the LORD! For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
14 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.
He exalteth the horn of his people, The glory of all his godly ones, Of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise ye the LORD!
