Psalmorum 113

1 alleluia laudate pueri Dominum laudate nomen Domini

Praise you the LORD. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

2 sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for ever more.

3 a solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.

4 excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus super caelos gloria eius

The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

5 quis sicut Dominus Deus noster qui in altis habitat

Who is like to the LORD our God, who dwells on high,

6 et humilia respicit in caelo et in terra

Who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

7 suscitans a terra inopem et de stercore erigens pauperem

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill;

8 ut conlocet eum cum principibus cum principibus populi sui

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

9 qui habitare facit sterilem in domo matrem filiorum laetantem

He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise you the LORD.