Psalms 148

1 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places.

Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts.

3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you stars and light.

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.

5 Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.

Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

6 He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.

7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye deeps:

Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents, and all deeps.

8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfill his word:

Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars:

Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

10 Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls:

wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:

11 Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth:

kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:

12 Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord:

young men and virgins, old men with youths:

13 For his name alone is exalted.

let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,

14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.