1 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:3 The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:4 He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;6 Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;7 At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;8 The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.10 You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.12 The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.13 He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.14 He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.16 The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting;17 Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.18 The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.19 He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.20 When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.21 The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.22 The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.23 Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.25 There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.26 There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.27 All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.28 They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.30 If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.31 Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.33 I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.35 Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

1 Alleluja. [Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen ejus ;annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus.2 Cantate ei, et psallite ei ;narrate omnia mirabilia ejus.3 Laudamini in nomine sancto ejus ;ltetur cor qurentium Dominum.4 Qurite Dominum, et confirmamini ;qurite faciem ejus semper.5 Mementote mirabilium ejus qu fecit ;prodigia ejus, et judicia oris ejus :6 semen Abraham servi ejus ;filii Jacob electi ejus.7 Ipse Dominus Deus noster ;in universa terra judicia ejus.8 Memor fuit in sculum testamenti sui ;verbi quod mandavit in mille generationes :9 quod disposuit ad Abraham,et juramenti sui ad Isaac :10 et statuit illud Jacob in prceptum,et Isral in testamentum ternum,11 dicens : Tibi dabo terram Chanaan,funiculum hreditatis vestr :12 cum essent numero brevi,paucissimi, et incol ejus.13 Et pertransierunt de gente in gentem,et de regno ad populum alterum.14 Non reliquit hominem nocere eis :et corripuit pro eis reges.15 Nolite tangere christos meos,et in prophetis meis nolite malignari.16 Et vocavit famem super terram,et omne firmamentum panis contrivit.17 Misit ante eos virum :in servum venundatus est, Joseph.18 Humiliaverunt in compedibus pedes ejus ;ferrum pertransiit animam ejus :19 donec veniret verbum ejus.Eloquium Domini inflammavit eum.20 Misit rex, et solvit eum ;princeps populorum, et dimisit eum.21 Constituit eum dominum domus su,et principem omnis possessionis su :22 ut erudiret principes ejus sicut semetipsum,et senes ejus prudentiam doceret.23 Et intravit Isral in gyptum,et Jacob accola fuit in terra Cham.24 Et auxit populum suum vehementer,et firmavit eum super inimicos ejus.25 Convertit cor eorum, ut odirent populum ejus,et dolum facerent in servos ejus.26 Misit Moysen servum suum ;Aaron quem elegit ipsum.27 Posuit in eis verba signorum suorum,et prodigiorum in terra Cham.28 Misit tenebras, et obscuravit ;et non exacerbavit sermones suos.29 Convertit aquas eorum in sanguinem,et occidit pisces eorum.30 Edidit terra eorum ranasin penetralibus regum ipsorum.31 Dixit, et venit cnomyia et ciniphesin omnibus finibus eorum.32 Posuit pluvias eorum grandinem :ignem comburentem in terra ipsorum.33 Et percussit vineas eorum, et ficulneas eorum,et contrivit lignum finium eorum.34 Dixit, et venit locusta,et bruchus cujus non erat numerus :35 et comedit omne fnum in terra eorum,et comedit omnem fructum terr eorum.36 Et percussit omne primogenitum in terra eorum,primitias omnis laboris eorum.37 Et eduxit eos cum argento et auro,et non erat in tribubus eorum infirmus.38 Ltata est gyptus in profectione eorum,quia incubuit timor eorum super eos.39 Expandit nubem in protectionem eorum,et ignem ut luceret eis per noctem.40 Petierunt, et venit coturnix,et pane cli saturavit eos.41 Dirupit petram, et fluxerunt aqu :abierunt in sicco flumina.42 Quoniam memor fuit verbi sancti sui,quod habuit ad Abraham puerum suum.43 Et eduxit populum suum in exsultatione,et electos suos in ltitia.44 Et dedit illis regiones gentium,et labores populorum possederunt :45 ut custodiant justificationes ejus,et legem ejus requirant.]