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  Psalm 113  

113:1 Alleluia. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
Alleluja. In exitu Israël de Ægypto, domus Jacob de populo barbaro,

113:2 Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
facta est Judæa sanctificatio ejus; Israël potestas ejus.

113:3 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.
Mare vidit, et fugit; Jordanis conversus est retrorsum.

113:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.
Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium.

113:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?
Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugisti? et tu, Jordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum?

113:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?
montes, exsultastis sicut arietes? et colles, sicut agni ovium?

113:7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:
A facie Domini mota est terra, a facie Dei Jacob:

113:8 Who turned the rock into pools of waters, and the stony hill into fountains of waters. [The Hebrews here divide the psalm in two.]
qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, et rupem in fontes aquarum.

113:9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us: but to thy name give glory.
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam:

113:10 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?
super misericordia tua et veritate tua; nequando dicant gentes: Ubi est Deus eorum?

113:11 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
Deus autem noster in cælo; omnia quæcumque voluit fecit.

113:12 The idols of the Gentiles are silver, and gold, the works of the hands of men.
Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.

113:13 They have mouths, and speak not: they have eyes, and see not.
Os habent, et non loquentur; oculos habent, et non videbunt.

113:14 They have ears, and hear not: they have noses, and smell not.
Aures habent, et non audient; nares habent, et non odorabunt.

113:15 They have hands, and feel not: they have feet, and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
Manus habent, et non palpabunt; pedes habent, et non ambulabunt; non clamabunt in gutture suo.

113:16 Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, et omnes qui confidunt in eis.

113:17 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper, and their protector.
Domus Israël speravit in Domino; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.

113:18 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper, and their protector.
Domus Aaron speravit in Domino; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.

113:19 They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper, and their protector.
Qui timent Dominum speraverunt in Domino; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.

113:20 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
Dominus memor fuit nostri, et benedixit nobis. Benedixit domui Israël; benedixit domui Aaron.

113:21 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
Benedixit omnibus qui timent Dominum, pusillis cum majoribus.

113:22 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
Adjiciat Dominus super vos, super vos et super filios vestros.

113:23 Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Benedicti vos a Domino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

113:24 The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.
Cælum cæli Domino; terram autem dedit filiis hominum.

113:25 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.
Non mortui laudabunt te, Domine, neque omnes qui descendunt in infernum:

113:26 But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.
sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.