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Psalm 148

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1

Alleluia, a Psalm of Haggai and Zechariah. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: Praise him in the highest.

Ἀλληλούϊα· Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζαχαρίου. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις.

2

Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his hosts.

Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ.

3

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

Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη, αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν πάντα τὰ ἄστρα καὶ τὸ φῶς.

4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And the water that is above the heavens.

Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν.

5

Let them praise the name of the Lord: For he spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.

Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου· ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν καὶ ἐγενήθησαν, αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.

6

He has established them forever, even forever and ever: He has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.

Ἔστησεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· πρόσταγμα ἔθετο, καὶ οὐ παρελεύσεται.

7

Praise the Lord from the earth, Ye serpents, and all deeps.

Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῆς γῆς, δράκοντες καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι·

8

Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; The things that perform his word.

Πῦρ, χάλαζα, χιὼν, κρύσταλλος, πνεῦμα καταιγίδος, τὰ ποιοῦντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ·

9

Mountains, and all hills; Fruitful trees, and all cedars:

Τὰ ὄρη καὶ πάντες βουνοί, ξύλα καρποφόρα καὶ πᾶσαι κέδροι·

10

Wild beasts, and all cattle; Reptiles, and winged birds:

Τὰ θηρία καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, ἑρπετὰ καὶ πετεινὰ πτερωτά·

11

Kings of the earth, and all peoples; Princes, and all judges of the earth:

Βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντες λαοί, ἄρχοντες καὶ πάντες κριταὶ γῆς·

12

Young men and virgins, Old men with youths:

Νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι, πρεσβύται μετὰ νεωτέρων

13

Let them praise the name of the Lord: For his name only is exalted; His praise is above the earth and heaven,

αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μόνου· ἡ ἐξομολόγησις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ,

14

And he shall exalt the horn of his people, There is a hymn for all his saints, Even of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.

καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ· ὕμονς πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ, τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, λαῷ ἐγγίζοντι αὐτῷ.

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Every note is a real passage, quoted word for word from a published English translation, with its source. Nothing here is summarised or written by us. Some verses have many notes and some have none, because the Fathers wrote more on some passages than others.

  • Blessed Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, tr. A. Cleveland Coxe from the Oxford translation, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888).
  • Scripture: the Septuagint, in the translation of Sir Lancelot Brenton (1851), with spelling updated by Adam Boyd (2020); the Greek is Brenton's Septuagint text.

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