Psalm 113–114

God’s Majesty and Care for the Needy

113Praise Yah!^a

Praise, O servants of Yahweh,

praise the name of Yahweh.

²Let the name of Yahweh be blessed,

from now until forever.

³From the rising of the sun to its setting,

let the name of Yahweh be blessed.

⁴Yahweh is high above all nations;

his glory is above the heavens.

⁵Who is like Yahweh our God,

who is enthroned on high,^b

⁶who condescends to look at^c

what is in the heavens and in the earth?

⁷He raises the helpless from the dust;

he lifts the needy from the ash heap,

⁸to seat them with princes,

with the princes of his people.

⁹He causes the barren woman of the house to dwell

as the happy mother of children.

Praise Yah!^d

Praise to God for His Works During the Exodus

114When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language,

²Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

³The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.^a

⁵What’s with you, O sea, that you fled?

O Jordan, that you turned back?

⁶O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

⁷At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,^b

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁸who turned the rock into a pool of water,

flinty stone into a spring of water.