Psalm 113-114

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

113 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
^(A)Praise Him, you ^(B)servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
²^(C)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time on and forever.
³^(D)From ^[c]the rising of the sun to its setting,
The ^(E)name of the Lord is to be praised.
⁴The Lord is ^(F)high above all nations;
His ^(G)glory is above the heavens.

⁵^(H)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who ^(I)is enthroned on high,
⁶Who ^(J)looks far down to
The heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(K)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
⁸To ^(L)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.
⁹He ^(M)has the infertile woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
^[d]Praise ^[e]the Lord!

God’s Rescue of Israel from Egypt.

114 When Israel went forth ^(N)from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of a ^(O)foreign language,
²Judah became ^(P)His sanctuary;
Israel, ^(Q)His dominion.

³The ^(R)sea looked and fled;
The ^(S)Jordan turned back.
⁴The mountains ^(T)skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.
⁵What ^(U)ails you, sea, that you flee?
Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶Mountains, that you skip like rams?
Hills, like lambs?

⁷^(V)Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
Before the God of Jacob,
⁸Who ^(W)turned the rock into a ^(X)pool of water,
The ^(Y)flint into a fountain of water.