Psalm 113-115 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.

Heathen Idols Contrasted with the Lord.

115 ^(Z)Not to us, Lord, not to us,
But ^(AA)to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy, because of Your ^[f]truth.
²^(AB)Why should the nations say,
“^(AC)Where, then, is their God?”
³But our ^(AD)God is in the heavens;
He ^(AE)does whatever He pleases.
⁴Their ^(AF)idols are silver and gold,
The ^(AG)work of human hands.
⁵They have mouths, but they ^(AH)cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
⁷^[g]They have hands, but they cannot feel;
^[h]They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
⁸^(AI)Those who make them ^[i]will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹^(AJ)Israel, ^(AK)trust in the Lord;
He is their ^(AL)help and their shield.
¹⁰House of ^(AM)Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
¹¹You who ^[j]^(AN)fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
¹²The Lord ^(AO)has been mindful of us; He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
¹³He will ^(AP)bless those who ^[k]fear the Lord,
^(AQ)The small together with the great.
¹⁴May the Lord ^(AR)increase you,
You and your children.
¹⁵May you be blessed of the Lord,
^(AS)Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^(AT)the heavens of the Lord,
But ^(AU)the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.
¹⁷The ^(AV)dead do not praise ^[l]the Lord,
Nor do any who go down into ^(AW)silence;
¹⁸But as for us, we will ^(AX)bless ^[m]the Lord
From this time and forever.
^[n]Praise ^[o]the Lord!