Psalm 113–115

PSALM 113

Who Is like Yahweh Our God?

¹¹Praise Yah!

^aPraise, O ^bslaves of Yahweh,

Praise the name of Yahweh.

^2aMay the name of Yahweh be blessed

From now until forever.

^3aFrom the rising of the sun to its setting

The ^bname of Yahweh is to be praised.

⁴Yahweh is ^ahigh above all nations;

His ^bglory is above the heavens.

^5aWho is like Yahweh our God,

The One who ^bsits on high,

⁶The One who ^1abrings Himself low to see

The things in heaven and on the earth?

⁷Who ^araises the poor from the dust

And lifts high the needy from the ash heap,

⁸To make them ^asit with ¹nobles,

With the ²nobles of His people.

⁹He ^amakes the barren woman of the house sit

As a glad mother of children.

¹Praise Yah!

PSALM 114

When Israel Went Out from Egypt

¹When Israel went out ^afrom Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of ^bstrange language,

²Judah became ^aHis sanctuary,

Israel, ^bHis dominion.

³The ^asea looked and fled;

The ^bJordan turned back.

⁴The mountains ^askipped like rams,

The hills, like lambs.

⁵What ^adisturbs you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

⁶O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

^7aTremble, O earth, before the Lord,

Before the God of Jacob,

⁸Who ^aturned the rock into a ^bpool of water,

The ^cflint into a spring of water.

PSALM 115

To Yahweh’s Name Give Glory

^1aNot to us, O Yahweh, not to us,

But ^bto Your name give glory

Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your ¹truth.

^2aWhy should the nations say,

“^bWhere, now, is their God?”

³But our ^aGod is in the heavens;

He ^bdoes whatever He pleases.

⁴Their ^aidols are silver and gold,

The ^bwork of man’s hands.

⁵They have mouths, but they ^ado not speak;

They have eyes, but they do not see;

⁶They have ears, but they do not hear;

They have noses, but they do not smell;

⁷As for their hands, they do not feel;

As for their feet, they do not walk;

They do not make a sound with their throat.

^8aThose who make them ¹will become like them,

Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹O ^aIsrael, ^btrust in Yahweh;

He is their ^chelp and their shield.

¹⁰O house of ^aAaron, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who ^1afear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

¹²Yahweh ^aremembered us; He will bless!

He will bless the house of Israel.

He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will ^abless those who ¹fear Yahweh,

^bThe small together with the great.

¹⁴May Yahweh ^agive you increase,

You and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed of Yahweh,

^aWho made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^athe heavens of Yahweh,

But ^bthe earth He has given to the sons of men.

¹⁷It is not the ^adead that praise Yah,

And it is none of those who go down to ^bsilence;

¹⁸But as for us, we will ^abless Yah

From now until forever.

¹Praise Yah!