All creatures spiritual and corporal, are invited to praise God, their Creator and Conserver, 13. as incomparably excellent.Al creatures ſpiritual and corporal, are inuited to praiſe God, their Creator and Conſeruer, 13. as incomparably excellent.✦
Alleluia. Praise ye our Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places.Alleluia. PRAYSE ye our Lord a from the heauens : praiſe ye him in the high places.Alleluja. Laudate Dominum de cælis ; laudate eum in excelsis.
2Praise ye him all his Angels: praise ye him all his virtutes: those who receive guests; the heavenly armies, powers.Prayſe ye him al his Angels : prayſe ye him b al his hoſtes.Laudate eum, omnes angeli ejus ; laudate eum, omnes virtutes ejus.
3Praise ye him sun and moon: praise him all ye stars, and light.Prayſe ye him c ſunne and moone : prayſe him al ye ſtarres, and light.Laudate eum, sol et luna ; laudate eum, omnes stellæ et lumen.
4Praise him ye heavens of heavens: and the waters that are above the heavens,Prayſe him ye heauens of heauens : and the waters that are aboue the heauens,Laudate eum, cæli cælorum ; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt,
5let them praise the name of our Lord. Because he said, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.let them praiſe the name of our Lord. Becauſe he ſayd, and they were made : he commanded, and they were created.laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt ; ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.
6He established them for ever, and for ever and ever: he put a precept, and it shall not pass.He eſtabliſhed them for euer, and for euer and euer : he put a precept, and it ſhal not paſſe.Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi ; præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.
7Praise our Lord from the earth: ye dragons, and all depths.Prayſe our Lord from the earth : ye dragons, and al depthes.Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi ;
8Fire, hail, snow, ice, spiritus procellarum: wind, blast of storms: which do his word:Fyre, haile, ſnow, yſe, ſpirit of ſtormes : which doe his worde:ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus ;
9Mountains, and all little hills: trees that bear fruit, and all cedars.Mountaines, and al litle hilles : trees that beare fruite, and al ceders.montes, et omnes colles ; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri ;
10Beasts, and all cattle: serpents, and feathered fowls:Beaſtes, and al cattel : ſerpentes, and fethered fowles :bestiæ, et universa pecora ; serpentes, et volucres pennatæ ;
11Kings of the earth, and all peoples: princes, and all judges of the earth.d Kinges of the earth, and al peoples : princes, and al iudges of the earth.reges terræ et omnes populi ; principes et omnes judices terræ ;
12Young men, and virgins: old with young let them praise the name of our Lord:Yongmen, and virgins : old with yong let them prayſe the name of our Lord :juvenes et virgines ; senes cum junioribus, laudent nomen Domini :
13because the name of him alone is exalted.becauſe the name of him e alone is exalted.quia exaltatum est nomen ejus solius.
14The confessio: admission of sin; acknowledgement with praise and thanksgiving of him above heaven, and earth: and he hath exalted the cornu: strength, might, power of his people. An hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching unto him. Alleluia.The confeſſion of him aboue heauen, and earth : and he hath exalted f the horne of his people. An hymne to al his g ſainctes : to the children of Iſrael, a people h approching vnto him. i Alleluia.Confessio ejus super cælum et terram ; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus ; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.