Psalm 148, Catholic Public Domain Version
Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.
Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis; laudate eum in excelsis.
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Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.
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Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.
Laudate eum, sol et luna; laudate eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
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Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
Laudate eum, cæli cælorum; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt,
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praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt; ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.
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He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi; præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.
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Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,
Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi;
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fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,
ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus;
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mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
montes, et omnes colles; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri;
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wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,
bestiæ, et universa pecora; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ;
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kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,
reges terræ et omnes populi; principes et omnes judices terræ;
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young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.
juvenes et virgines; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini:
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For his name alone is exalted.
quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.
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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.
Confessio ejus super cælum et terram; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)