Praise the Lord, you his servants;^(B)
    praise the name of the Lord.
² Let the name of the Lord be praised,^(C)
    both now and forevermore.^(D)

⁴ The Lord is exalted^(A) over all the nations,
    his glory above the heavens.^(B)
5 Who is like the Lord our God,^(C)
    the One who sits enthroned^(D) on high,^(E)
6 who stoops down to look^(F)
    on the heavens and the earth?

⁷ He raises the poor^(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(B) from the ash heap;
⁸ he seats them^(C) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.