Thanksgiving to God, who had brought Israel back from exile and is rebuilding the city of Jerusalem. Let Israel praise God also for his beneficent providence towards all creatures.
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Psalm 146: Prayer Audio in Latin
{146:1} Alleluia. Laudate Dominum quoniam bonus est psalmus: Deo nostro sit iucunda, decoraque laudatio.
{146:1} Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
{146:2} Ædificans Ierusalem Dominus: dispersiones Israelis congregabit.
{146:2} The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
{146:3} Qui sanat contritos corde: et alligat contritiones eorum.
{146:3} He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
{146:4} Qui numerat multitudinem stellarum: et omnibus eis nomina vocat.
{146:4} He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.
{146:5} Magnus Dominus noster, et magna virtus eius: et sapientiæ eius non est numerus.
{146:5} Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
{146:6} Suscipiens mansuetos Dominus: humilians autem peccatores usque ad terram.
{146:6} The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
{146:7} Præcinite Domino in confessione: psallite Deo nostro in cithara.
{146:7} Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
{146:8} Qui operit cælum nubibus: et parat terræ pluviam. Qui producit in montibus fœnum: et herbam servituti hominum.
{146:8} He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men.
{146:9} Qui dat iumentis escam ipsorum: et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum.
{146:9} He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
{146:10} Non in fortitudine equi voluntatem habebit: nec in tibiis viri beneplacitum erit ei.
{146:10} He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
{146:11} Beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum: et in eis, qui sperant super misericordia eius.
{146:11} The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.
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