Psalm 111-114

English Standard Version

Great Are the Lord's Works

111 ^[a] ^(A)Praise the Lord!
I ^(B)will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
    in the company of ^(C)the upright, in the congregation.
²Great are the ^(D)works of the Lord,
    ^(E)studied by all who delight in them.
³^(F)Full of splendor and majesty is his work,
    and his ^(G)righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has ^(H)caused his wondrous works to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and merciful.
⁵He provides food for those who fear him;
    he ^(I)remembers his covenant forever.
⁶He has shown his people the power of his works,
    in giving them the inheritance of the nations.
⁷The works of his hands are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are ^(J)trustworthy;
⁸they are ^(K)established forever and ever,
    to be performed with ^(L)faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹He sent ^(M)redemption to his people;
    he has ^(N)commanded his covenant forever.
    ^(O)Holy and awesome is his name!
¹⁰^(P)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
    all those who practice it have ^(Q)a good understanding.
    His ^(R)praise endures forever!

The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 ^[b] ^(S)Praise the Lord!
^(T)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
    who ^(U)greatly delights in his commandments!
²His ^(V)offspring will be mighty in the land;
    ^(W)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
³^(X)Wealth and riches are in his house,
    and his ^(Y)righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light dawns in the darkness ^(Z)for the upright;
    he is gracious, merciful, and ^(AA)righteous.
⁵It is well with the man who ^(AB)deals generously and lends;
    who conducts his affairs with justice.
⁶For the righteous will ^(AC)never be moved;
    ^(AD)he will be remembered forever.
⁷He is not ^(AE)afraid of bad news;
    his ^(AF)heart is firm, ^(AG)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His heart is steady;^[c] he will not be afraid,
    until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
⁹He has ^(AH)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever;
    his ^(AI)horn is exalted in honor.
¹⁰The wicked man sees it and is angry;
    he ^(AJ)gnashes his teeth and ^(AK)melts away;
    ^(AL)the desire of the wicked will perish!

Who Is like the Lord Our God?

113 ^(AM)Praise the Lord!
^(AN)Praise, O ^(AO)servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!

²^(AP)Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
³^(AQ)From the rising of the sun to its setting,
^(AR)the name of the Lord is ^(AS)to be praised!

⁴The Lord is ^(AT)high above all nations,
    and his ^(AU)glory above the heavens!
⁵^(AV)Who is like the Lord our God,
    who is seated on high,
⁶who ^(AW)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(AX)raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
⁸to make them ^(AY)sit with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹He ^(AZ)gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
^(BA)Praise the Lord!

Tremble at the Presence of the Lord

114 When ^(BB)Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from ^(BC)a people of strange language,
²Judah became his ^(BD)sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.

³^(BE)The sea looked and fled;
^(BF)Jordan turned back.
⁴^(BG)The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.

⁵What ^(BH)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?

⁷^(BI)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸who turns ^(BJ)the rock into ^(BK)a pool of water,
^(BL)the flint into a spring of water.

Footnotes

Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8)