Psalmi 148

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis ; laudate eum in excelsis.	1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; give praise in the heights.
2 Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus ; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.	2 Praise him, all you angels; give praise, all you hosts.
3 Laudate eum, sol et luna ; laudate eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.	3 Praise him, sun and moon; give praise, all shining stars.
4 Laudate eum, cæli cælorum ; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt,	4 Praise him, highest heavens, you waters above the heavens.
5 laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt ; ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.	5 Let them all praise the LORD'S name; for the LORD commanded and they were created,
6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi ; præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.	6 Assigned them duties forever, gave them tasks that will never change.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi ;	7 Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea monsters and all deep waters;
8 ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus ;	8 You lightning and hail, snow and clouds, storm winds that fulfill his command;
9 montes, et omnes colles ; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri ;	9 You mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars;
10 bestiæ, et universa pecora ; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ ;	10 You animals wild and tame, you creatures that crawl and fly;
11 reges terræ et omnes populi ; principes et omnes judices terræ ;	11 You kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all who govern on earth;
12 juvenes et virgines ; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini :	12 Young men and women too, old and young alike.
13 quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.	13 Let them all praise the LORD'S name, for his name alone is exalted, majestic above earth and heaven.
14 Confessio ejus super cælum et terram ; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus ; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.	14 The LORD has lifted high the horn of his people; to the glory of all the faithful, of Israel, the people near to their God. Hallelujah!