1 Alleluia. Praise our Lord ye children: praise ye the name of our Lord.
1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.
2 Be the name of our Lord blessed, from henceforth now and for ever,
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and forever.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down, the name of our Lord is laudable.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
4 Our Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is as the Lord our God, that dwelleth on high,
5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:
6 and beholdeth the low things in heaven and in earth?
6 And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dung:
7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
8 To place him with Princes, with the Princes of his people.
8 That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in a house, a joyful mother of children.
9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.