1 Alleluia. In the coming forth of Israel out of Ægypt: of the house of Jacob from the barbarous people.
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
2 Jewry was made his sanctification, Israel his dominion.
2 Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw, and fled: Jordan was turned backward.
3 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.
4 The mountains leaped as rams: and the little hills as the lambs of sheep.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.
5 What aileth thee o sea that thou didst fly: and thou o Jordan, that thou was turned backward?
5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?
6 Ye mountains leaped as rams, and ye little hills as the lambs of sheep.
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?
7 At the face of our Lord was the earth moved, at the face of the God of Jacob.
7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:
8 Who turned the rock into pools of waters, and stony hill into fountains of waters.
8 Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.
9 Not to us O Lord, Not To us: but to thy name give the glory.
9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.
10 For thy mercy, and thy truth: lest at any time the Gentiles say: Where is their God?
10 For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?
11 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things what soever he would.
11 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
12 The idols of the gentiles are silver, and gold, the works of men's hands.
12 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
13 They have mouth, and shall not speak: they have eyes, an shall not see.
13 They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.
14 They have ears, and shall not hear: they have nostrils and shall not smell.
14 They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.
15 They have hands, and shall not handle: they have feet, and shall not walk: they shall not cry in their throat.
15 They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
16 Let them that make them become like to them: and all that have confidence in them.
16 Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
17 The house of Israel hath hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
17 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
18 The house of Aaron hath hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
18 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
19 They that fear our Lord have hoped in our Lord; he is their helper and their protector.
19 They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
20 Our Lord hath been mindful of us: and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
20 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us.
21 He hath blessed all that fear our Lord, the little with the great.
21 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
22 Our Lord add upon you: upon you, & upon your children.
22 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
23 Blessed be you of our Lord, which made heaven and earth.
23 Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
24 The heaven of heaven is to our Lord: but the earth he hath given to the children of men.
24 The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.
25 The dead shall not praise thee, o Lord: nor all they that go down into hell:
25 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.
26 but we that live do bless our Lord, from this time, and for ever.
26 But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and forever.