Psalm 148

1 Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis ; laudate eum in excelsis.

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

2 Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus ; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi ;

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

8 ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus ;

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

9 montes, et omnes colles ; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri ;

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

10 bestiæ, et universa pecora ; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ ;

10 Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls:

11 reges terræ et omnes populi ; principes et omnes judices terræ ;

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

12 juvenes et virgines ; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini :

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

13 quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.

13 For his name alone is exalted.

14 Confessio ejus super cælum et terram ; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus ; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.

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.