§ The Book of Psalms 148

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

1 Laudate Dominum de cælis; laudate eum in excelsis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi;

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

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

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

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

10 Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls:

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

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

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

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

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

13 for his name alone is exalted.

13 quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.