Psalm 113–115

Psalm 113

PRAISE TO THE MERCIFUL GOD

¹Hallelujah!

Give praise, servants of the Lord;

praise the name of the Lord.^ae

²Let the name of the Lord be blessed

both now and forever.^af

³From the rising of the sun to its setting,

let the name of the Lord be praised.^ag

⁴The Lord is exalted above all the nations,^ah

his glory above the heavens.^ai

⁵Who is like the Lord our God—

the one enthroned on high,^aj

⁶who stoops down to look

on the heavens and the earth?^ak

⁷He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap^al

⁸in order to seat them with nobles—

with the nobles of his people.^am

⁹He gives the childless woman a household,

making her the joyful mother of children.^an

Hallelujah!

Psalm 114

GOD’S DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL

¹When Israel came out of Egypt—

the house of Jacob from a people

who spoke a foreign language^ao—

²Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel, his dominion.^ap

³The sea looked and fled;^a

the Jordan turned back.^b

⁴The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs.^c

⁵Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back?^d

⁶Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs?^e

⁷Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,^f

⁸who turned the rock into a pool,

the flint into a spring.^g

Psalm 115

GLORY TO GOD ALONE

¹Not to us, Lord, not to us,

but to your name give glory

because of your faithful love, because of your truth.^h

²Why should the nations say,

“Where is their God?”ⁱ

³Our God is in heaven

and does whatever he pleases.^j

⁴Their idols are silver and gold,

made by human hands.^k

⁵They have mouths but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see.

⁶They have ears but cannot hear,

noses, but cannot smell.^l

⁷They have hands but cannot feel,

feet, but cannot walk.^m

They cannot make a sound with their throats.ⁿ

⁸Those who make them are^A just like them,

as are all who trust in them.^o

⁹Israel,^B trust in the Lord!^p

He is their help and shield.^q

¹⁰House of Aaron, trust in the Lord!^r

He is their help and shield.^s

¹¹You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!^t

He is their help and shield.

¹²The Lord remembers us and will bless us.

He will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;^u

¹³he will bless those who fear the Lord—

small and great alike.^v

¹⁴May the Lord add to your numbers,

both yours and your children’s.^w

¹⁵May you be blessed by the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.^x

¹⁶The heavens are the Lord’s,^C

but the earth he has given to the human race.^y

¹⁷It is not the dead who praise the Lord,

nor any of those descending into the silence of death.^z

¹⁸But we will bless the Lord,

both now and forever.^aa

Hallelujah!