Psalm 113–114

Psalm 113

Praise to the Merciful God

¹Hallelujah!

Give praise, servants of Yahweh;

praise the name of Yahweh. ^l

²Let the name of Yahweh be praised

both now and forever. ^m

³From the rising of the sun to its setting,

let the name of Yahweh be praised. ⁿ

⁴Yahweh is exalted above all the nations, ^o

His glory above the heavens. ^p

⁵Who is like Yahweh our God—

the One enthroned on high, ^q

⁶who stoops down to look

on the heavens and the earth? ^r

⁷He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the garbage pile ^s

⁸in order to seat them with nobles—

with the nobles of His people. ^t

⁹He gives the childless woman a household,

making her the joyful mother of children. ^u

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 ^v—

²Judah became His sanctuary,

Israel, His dominion. ^w

³The sea looked and fled; ^x

the Jordan turned back. ^y

⁴The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs. ^z

⁵Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back? ^a

⁶Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs? ^b

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

at the presence of the God of Jacob, ^c

⁸who turned the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a spring of water. ^d