Psalm 113–115

PSALM 113

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

¹¹Praise ²the Lord!

^aPraise, O ^bservants of the Lord,

Praise the name of the Lord.

^2aBlessed be the name of the Lord

From this time forth and forever.

^3aFrom the rising of the sun to its setting

The ^bname of the Lord is to be praised.

⁴The Lord is ^ahigh above all nations;

His ^bglory is above the heavens.

^5aWho is like the Lord our God,

Who ^bis enthroned on high,

⁶Who ^1ahumbles Himself to behold

The things that are in heaven and in the earth?

⁷He ^araises the poor from the dust

And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

⁸To make them ^asit with ¹princes,

With the princes of His people.

⁹He ^amakes the barren woman abide in the house

As a joyful mother of children.

¹Praise ²the Lord!

PSALM 114

God’s Deliverance of Israel from Egypt.

¹When Israel went forth ^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 ^aails 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 fountain of water.

PSALM 115

Heathen Idols Contrasted with the Lord.

^1aNot to us, O Lord, 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 ^acannot speak;

They have eyes, but they cannot see;

⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear;

They have noses, but they cannot smell;

⁷¹They have hands, but they cannot feel;

²They have feet, but they cannot walk;

They cannot make a sound with their throat.

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

Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹O ^aIsrael, ^btrust in the Lord;

He is their ^chelp and their shield.

¹⁰O house of ^aAaron, trust in the Lord;

He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who ^1afear the Lord, trust in the Lord;

He is their help and their shield.

¹²The Lord ^ahas been mindful of us; He will bless us;

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will ^abless those who ¹fear the Lord,

^bThe small together with the great.

¹⁴May the Lord ^agive you increase,

You and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed of the Lord,

^aMaker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^athe heavens of the Lord,

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

¹⁷The ^adead do not praise ¹the Lord,

Nor do any who go down into ^bsilence;

¹⁸But as for us, we will ^abless ¹the Lord

From this time forth and forever.

²Praise the Lord!