Psalm 136

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Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 135)

Latin text

1 Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

2 Confitemini Deo deorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

3 Confitemini Domino dominorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

4 Qui facit mirabilia magna solus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

5 Qui fecit cælos in intellectu, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

6 Qui firmavit terram super aquas, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

7 Qui fecit luminaria magna, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus :

8 solem in potestatem diei, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

9 lunam et stellas in potestatem noctis, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

10 Qui percussit Ægyptum cum primogenitis eorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

11 Qui eduxit Isra¨el de medio eorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus,

12 in manu potenti et brachio excelso, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

13 Qui divisit mare Rubrum in divisiones, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

14 et eduxit Isra¨el per medium ejus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

15 et excussit Pharaonem et virtutem ejus in mari Rubro, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

16 Qui traduxit populum suum per desertum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

17 Qui percussit reges magnos, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

18 et occidit reges fortes, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus :

19 Sehon, regem Amorrhæorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

20 et Og, regem Basan, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus :

21 et dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

22 hæreditatem Isra¨el, servo suo, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

23 Quia in humilitate nostra memor fuit nostri, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;

24 et redemit nos ab inimicis nostris, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

25 Qui dat escam omni carni, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

26 Confitemini Deo cæli, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus. Confitemini Domino dominorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer

English text

1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever.

2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods : for his mercy endureth for ever.

3 O thank the Lord of all lords : for his mercy endureth for ever.

4 Who only doeth great wonders : for his mercy endureth for ever.

5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the heavens : for his mercy endureth for ever.

6 Who laid out the earth above the waters : for his mercy endureth for ever.

7 Who hath made great lights : for his mercy endureth for ever;

8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy endureth for ever;

9 The moon and the stars to govern the night : for his mercy endureth for ever.

10 Who smote Egypt with their first-born : for his mercy endureth for ever;

11 And brought out Israel from among them : for his mercy endureth for ever;

12 With a mighty hand, and stretched out arm : for his mercy endureth for ever.

13 Who divided the Red sea in two parts : for his mercy endureth for ever;

14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it : for his mercy endureth for ever.

15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the Red sea : for his mercy endureth for ever.

16 Who led his people through the wilderness : for his mercy endureth for ever.

17 Who smote great kings : for his mercy endureth for ever;

18 Yea, and slew mighty kings : for his mercy endureth for ever;

19 Sehon king of the Amorites : for his mercy endureth for ever;

20 And Og the king of Basan : for his mercy endureth for ever;

21 And gave away their land for an heritage : for his mercy endureth for ever;

22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever.

23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble : for his mercy endureth for ever;

24 And hath delivered us from our enemies : for his mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy endureth for ever.

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endureth for ever.

27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever.