Psalm 113

PRAISE TO THE MERCIFUL GOD

1 Hallelujah!

Give praise, servants of the Lord;

praise the name of the Lord.ae

2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed

both now and forever.af

3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,

let the name of the Lord be praised.ag

4 The Lord is exalted above all the nations,ah

his glory above the heavens.ai

5 Who is like the Lord our God—

the one enthroned on high,aj

6 who stoops down to look

on the heavens and the earth?ak

7 He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heapal

8 in order to seat them with nobles—

with the nobles of his people.am

9 He gives the childless woman a household,

making her the joyful mother of children.an

Hallelujah!