Psalm 112-114

New American Standard Bible

Prosperity of One Who Fears the Lord.

112 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
^(A)Blessed is a person who ^[c]fears the Lord,
Who greatly ^(B)delights in His commandments.
²His ^[d]^(C)descendants will be mighty ^[e]on the earth;
The generation of the ^(D)upright will be blessed.
³^(E)Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light shines in the darkness ^(F)for the upright;
He is ^(G)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
⁵It goes well for a person who ^(H)is gracious and lends;
He will ^[f]maintain his cause in judgment.
⁶For he will ^(I)never be shaken;
The ^(J)righteous will be ^[g]remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear ^(K)bad news;
His ^(L)heart is steadfast, ^(M)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His ^(N)heart is firm, he ^(O)will not fear,
^[h]But will ^(P)look with satisfaction on his enemies.
⁹^[i]He ^(Q)has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His ^(R)horn will be exalted in honor.

¹⁰The ^(S)wicked will see it and be ^[j]vexed,
He will ^(T)gnash his teeth and ^(U)melt away;
The ^(V)desire of the wicked will perish.

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

113 ^[k]Praise ^[l]the Lord!
^(W)Praise Him, you ^(X)servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
²^(Y)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time on and forever.
³^(Z)From ^[m]the rising of the sun to its setting,
The ^(AA)name of the Lord is to be praised.
⁴The Lord is ^(AB)high above all nations;
His ^(AC)glory is above the heavens.

⁵^(AD)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who ^(AE)is enthroned on high,
⁶Who ^(AF)looks far down to
The heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(AG)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
⁸To ^(AH)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.
⁹He ^(AI)has the infertile woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
^[n]Praise ^[o]the Lord!

God’s Rescue of Israel from Egypt.

114 When Israel went forth ^(AJ)from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of a ^(AK)foreign language,
²Judah became ^(AL)His sanctuary;
Israel, ^(AM)His dominion.

³The ^(AN)sea looked and fled;
The ^(AO)Jordan turned back.
⁴The mountains ^(AP)skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.
⁵What ^(AQ)ails you, sea, that you flee?
Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶Mountains, that you skip like rams?
Hills, like lambs?

⁷^(AR)Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
Before the God of Jacob,
⁸Who ^(AS)turned the rock into a ^(AT)pool of water,
The ^(AU)flint into a fountain of water.