112 Hallelujah!

Blessed is the person who fears the Lord
and is happy to obey his commands.
² His descendants will grow strong on the earth.
The family of a decent person will be blessed.
³ Wealth and riches will be in his home.
His righteousness continues forever.
⁴ Light will shine in the dark for a decent person.
He is merciful, compassionate, and fair.

⁵ All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly.
He earns an honest living.
⁶ He will never fail.
A righteous person will always be remembered.
⁷ He is not afraid of bad news.
His heart remains secure, full of confidence in the Lord.
⁸ His heart is steady, and he is not afraid.
In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies.
⁹ He gives freely to poor people.
His righteousness continues forever.
His head is raised in honor.
¹⁰ The wicked person sees this and becomes angry.
He angrily grits his teeth and disappears.
The hope that wicked people have will vanish.

113 Hallelujah!

You servants of the Lord, praise him.
Praise the name of the Lord.
² Thank the name of the Lord now and forever.
³ From where the sun rises to where the sun sets,
the name of the Lord should be praised.
⁴ The Lord is high above all the nations.
His glory is above the heavens.
⁵ Who is like the Lord our God?
He is seated on his high throne.
⁶ He bends down to look at heaven and earth.
⁷ He lifts the poor from the dust.
He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
⁸ He seats them with influential people,
with the influential leaders of his people.
⁹ He makes a woman who is in a childless home
a joyful mother.

Hallelujah!

114 When Israel left Egypt,
when Jacob’s family left people who spoke a foreign language,
² Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom.
³ The Red Sea looked at this and ran away.
The Jordan River turned back.
⁴ The mountains jumped like rams.
The hills jumped like lambs.
⁵ Red Sea, why did you run away?
Jordan River, what made you turn back?
⁶ Mountains, what made you jump like rams?
Hills, what made you jump like lambs?
⁷ Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord,
in the presence of the God of Jacob.
⁸ He turns a rock into a pool filled with water
and turns flint into a spring flowing with water.