Psalm 112–117

Psalm 112

Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.

²Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

³From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

⁴The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.

⁵Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:

⁶and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

⁷Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

⁸That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.

⁹Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

Psalm 113

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

²Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

³The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.

⁵What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?

⁷At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:

⁸Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.

⁹Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.

¹⁰For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?

¹¹But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.

¹²The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

¹³They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.

¹⁴They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

¹⁵They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.

¹⁶Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.

¹⁷The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

¹⁸The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

¹⁹They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

²⁰The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.

²¹He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.

²²May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.

²³Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

²⁴The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

²⁵The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

²⁶But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.

Psalm 114

I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

²Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

³The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

⁴And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

⁵The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

⁶The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

⁷Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

⁸For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

⁹I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 115

I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

¹¹I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

¹²What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

¹³I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁴I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

¹⁶O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

¹⁷I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

¹⁹In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Psalm 116

O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

²For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

Psalm 117

Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²Let Israel now say, that he is good: that his mercy endureth for ever.

³Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

⁴Let them that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

⁵In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.

⁶The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me.

⁷The Lord is my helper: and I will look over my enemies.

⁸It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man.

⁹It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All nations compassed me about; and, in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.

¹¹Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.

¹²They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.

¹³Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my salvation.

¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.

¹⁶The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me: the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength.

¹⁷I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the Lord.

¹⁸The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not delivered me over to death.

¹⁹Open ye to me the gates of justice: I will go in to them, and give praise to the Lord.

²⁰This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it.

²¹I will give glory to thee because thou hast heard me: and art become my salvation.

²²The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner.

²³This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein.

²⁵O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good success.

²⁶Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

²⁷The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the altar.

²⁸Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will praise thee, because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

²⁹O praise ye the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.