Psalm 111-114
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 111
Praise for God’s Wonderful Works
1 Praise the Lord!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.(A)
2 Great are the works of the Lord,
studied by all who delight in them.
3 Full of honor and majesty is his work,
and his righteousness endures forever.(B)
4 He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds;
the Lord is gracious and merciful.(C)
5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he is ever mindful of his covenant.(D)
6 He has shown his people the power of his works,
in giving them the heritage of the nations.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.(E)
8 They are established forever and ever,
to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.(F)
9 He sent redemption to his people;
he has commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is his name.(G)
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it[a] have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever.(H)
Psalm 112
Blessings of the Righteous
1 Praise the Lord!
Happy are those who fear the Lord,
who greatly delight in his commandments.(I)
2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.(J)
3 Wealth and riches are in their houses,
and their righteousness endures forever.
4 They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.(K)
5 It is well with those who deal generously and lend,
who conduct their affairs with justice.
6 For the righteous will never be moved;
they will be remembered forever.(L)
7 They are not afraid of evil tidings;
their hearts are firm, secure in the Lord.(M)
8 Their hearts are steady; they will not be afraid;
in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.(N)
9 They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever;
their horn is exalted in honor.(O)
10 The wicked see it and are angry;
they gnash their teeth and melt away;
the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.(P)
Psalm 113
God the Helper of the Needy
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise, O servants of the Lord;
praise the name of the Lord.(Q)
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time on and forevermore.(R)
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the Lord is to be praised.(S)
4 The Lord is high above all nations
and his glory above the heavens.(T)
5 Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,(U)
6 who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?(V)
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!(W)
Psalm 114
God’s Wonders at the Exodus
1 [b]When Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,(X)
2 Judah became God’s[c] sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.(Y)
3 The sea looked and fled;
Jordan turned back.(Z)
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.(AA)
5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,(AB)
8 who turns the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of water.(AC)
Footnotes
- 111.10 Gk Syr: Heb them
- 114.1 Psalms 114–115 are a single psalm in the earliest witnesses
- 114.2 Heb his
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