Livre des Psaumes 148

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Alleluia! Louez Yahvé depuis les cieux, louez-le dans les hauteurs,	1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.
2 louez-le, tous ses anges, louez-le, toutes ses armées!	2 Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
3 Louez-le, soleil et lune, louez-le, tous les astres de lumière,	3 Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.
4 louez-le, cieux des cieux, et les eaux de dessus les cieux!	4 Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
5 Qu'ils louent le nom de Yahvé: lui commanda, eux furent créés;	5 praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
6 il les posa pour toujours et à jamais, sous une loi qui jamais ne passera.	6 He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
7 Louez Yahvé depuis la terre, monstres marins, tous les abîmes,	7 Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,
8 feu et grêle, neige et brume, vent d'ouragan, l'ouvrier de sa parole,	8 fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,
9 montagnes, toutes les collines, arbre à fruit, tous les cèdres,	9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
10 bête sauvage, tout le bétail, reptile, et l'oiseau qui vole,	10 wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,
11 rois de la terre, tous les peuples, princes, tous les juges de la terre,	11 kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,
12 jeunes hommes, aussi les vierges, les vieillards avec les enfants!	12 young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.
13 Qu'ils louent le nom de Yahvé: sublime est son nom, lui seul, sa majesté par-dessus terre et ciel!	13 For his name alone is exalted.
14 Il rehausse la vigueur de son peuple, fierté pour tous ses amis, pour les enfants d'Israël, le peuplede ses proches.	14 Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.