Psalm 111

Common English Bible

Psalm 111^[a]

111 Praise the Lord!
    I thank the Lord with all my heart
    in the company of those who do right, in the congregation.
²The works of the Lord are magnificent;
    they are treasured by all who desire them.
³God’s deeds are majestic and glorious.
    God’s righteousness stands forever.
⁴God is famous for his wondrous works.
    The Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
⁵God gives food to those who honor him.
    God remembers his covenant forever.
⁶God proclaimed his powerful deeds to his people
    and gave them what had belonged to other nations.
⁷God’s handiwork is honesty and justice;
    all God’s rules are trustworthy—
⁸        they are established always and forever:
        they are fulfilled with truth and right doing.
⁹God sent redemption for his people;
    God commanded that his covenant last forever.
        Holy and awesome is God’s name!
¹⁰Fear of the Lord is where wisdom begins;
    sure knowledge is for all who keep God’s laws.
        God’s praise lasts forever!

Footnotes

Psalm 111:1 Ps 111 is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the note at Pss 9–10.

Psalm 114

Common English Bible

Psalm 114

114 When Israel came out of Egypt—
    when the house of Jacob came out
    from a people who spoke a different language—
²    Judah was God’s sanctuary;
    Israel was God’s territory.

³The sea saw it happen and ran away;
    the Jordan River retreated!
⁴The mountains leaped away like rams;
    the hills leaped away like lambs!
⁵Sea, why did you run away?
    Jordan, why did you retreat?
⁶    Mountains, why did you leap away like rams?
    Hills, why did you leap away like lambs?

⁷Earth: Tremble before the Lord!
    Tremble before the God of Jacob,
⁸        the one who turned that rock into a pool of water,
        that flint stone into a spring of water!