Psalmorum 148

1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de cælis: laudate eum in excelsis.

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens. Praise him in the heights.

2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.

Praise ye him, all his agents. Praise ye him, all his host.

3 Laudate eum sol et luna: laudate eum omnes stellæ, et lumen.

Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light.

4 Laudate eum cæli cælorum: et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt,

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

5 laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah. For he commanded, and they were created.

6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.

He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which shall not pass away.

7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.

Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps,

8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quæ faciunt verbum eius:

fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,

9 Montes, et omnes colles: ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri.

mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,

10 Bestiæ, et universa pecora: serpentes, et volucres pennatæ:

beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds,

11 Reges terræ, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terræ.

kings of the earth and all peoples, rulers and all judges of the earth,

12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:

both young men and virgins, old men and sons.

13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

14 Confessio eius super cælum, et terram: et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis eius: filiis Israel, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluia.

And he has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his sanctified, even of the sons of Israel, a people near to him. Praise ye Jehovah.