Psalm 113

Praise to the Merciful God

Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of the Lord;
praise the name of the Lord.(A)
Let the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and forever.(B)
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of the Lord be praised.(C)

The Lord is exalted above all the nations,(D)
his glory above the heavens.(E)
Who is like the Lord our God—
the one enthroned on high,(F)
who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?(G)
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the trash heap(H)
in order to seat them with nobles—
with the nobles of his people.(I)
He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.(J)
Hallelujah!

Psalm 114

God’s Deliverance of Israel

When Israel came out of Egypt—
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language(K)
Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel, his dominion.(L)

The sea looked and fled;(M)
the Jordan turned back.(N)
The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.(O)
Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?(P)
Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?(Q)

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,(R)
who turned the rock into a pool,
the flint into a spring.(S)

Psalm 115

Glory to God Alone

Not to us, Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory
because of your faithful love, because of your truth.(T)
Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?” (U)
Our God is in heaven
and does whatever he pleases.(V)

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.(W)
They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.(X)
They have hands but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk.(Y)
They cannot make a sound with their throats.(Z)
Those who make them are[a] just like them,
as are all who trust in them.(AA)

Israel,[b] trust in the Lord!(AB)
He is their help and shield.(AC)
10 House of Aaron, trust in the Lord!(AD)
He is their help and shield.(AE)
11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!(AF)
He is their help and shield.
12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
he will bless the house of Aaron;(AG)
13 he will bless those who fear the Lord
small and great alike.(AH)

14 May the Lord add to your numbers,
both yours and your children’s.(AI)
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.(AJ)
16 The heavens are the Lord’s,[c]
but the earth he has given to the human race.(AK)
17 It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.(AL)
18 But we will bless the Lord,
both now and forever.(AM)
Hallelujah!

Footnotes

  1. 115:8 Or May those who make them become
  2. 115:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read House of Israel
  3. 115:16 Lit the Lord’s heavens

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