The Majesty and Condescension of God

113 Praise[a] the Lord!

(A)Praise, O servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord!
(B)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore!
(C)From the rising of the sun to its going down
The Lord’s name is to be praised.

The Lord is (D)high above all nations,
(E)His glory above the heavens.
(F)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who dwells on high,
(G)Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?

(H)He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the (I)needy out of the ash heap,
That He may (J)seat him with princes—
With the princes of His people.
(K)He grants the [b]barren woman a home,
Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

The Power of God in His Deliverance of Israel(L)

114 When (M)Israel went out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob (N)from a people [c]of strange language,
(O)Judah became His sanctuary,
And Israel His dominion.

(P)The sea saw it and fled;
(Q)Jordan turned back.
(R)The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.
(S)What ails you, O sea, that you fled?
O Jordan, that you turned back?
O mountains, that you skipped like rams?
O little hills, like lambs?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob,
(T)Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 113:1 Heb. Hallelujah
  2. Psalm 113:9 childless
  3. Psalm 114:1 who spoke unintelligibly

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