Liber Psalmorum, 147
1. ALLELUIA. Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonum est psallere Deo nostro, quoniam iucundum est celebrare laudem.
1. Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.
2. Aedificans Ierusalem Dominus, dispersos Israelis congregabit.
2. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3. Qui sanat contritos corde et alligat plagas eorum;
3. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
4. qui numerat multitudinem stellarum et omnibus eis nomina vocat.
4. He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.
5. Magnus Dominus noster et magnus virtute, sapientiae eius non est numerus.
5. Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
6. Sustentat mansuetos Dominus, humilians autem peccatores usque ad terram.
6. The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.
7. Praecinite Domino in confessione, psallite Deo nostro in cithara.
7. Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!
8. Qui operit caelum nubibus et parat terrae pluviam. Qui producit in montibus fenum et herbam servituti hominum.
8. He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.
9. Qui dat iumentis escam ipsorum et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum.
9. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10. Non in fortitudine equi delectatur, nec in tibiis viri beneplacitum est ei.
10. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;
11. Beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum et in eis, qui sperant super misericordia eius.
11. but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12. Lauda, Ierusalem, Dominum; collauda Deum tuum, Sion.
12. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13. Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum, benedixit filiis tuis in te.
13. For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
14. Qui ponit fines tuos pacem et adipe frumenti satiat te.
14. He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15. Qui emittit eloquium suum terrae, velociter currit verbum eius.
15. He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16. Qui dat nivem sicut lanam, pruinam sicut cinerem spargit.
16. He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17. Mittit crystallum suam sicut buccellas; ante faciem frigoris eius quis sustinebit?
17. He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
18. Emittet verbum suum et liquefaciet ea, flabit spiritus eius, et fluent aquae.
18. He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19. Qui annuntiat verbum suum Iacob, iustitias et iudicia sua Israel.
19. He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20. Non fecit taliter omni nationi et iudicia sua non manifestavit eis. ALLELUIA.
20. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
