Psalm 113–114

Psalm 113

1 Praise the Lord.a n

Praise the Lord, you his servants;o

praise the name of the Lord.

2 Let the name of the Lord be praised,p

both now and forevermore.q

3 From the rising of the sunr to the place where it sets,

the name of the Lord is to be praised.

4 The Lord is exalteds over all the nations,

his glory above the heavens.t

5 Who is like the Lord our God,u

the One who sits enthronedv on high,w

6 who stoops down to lookx

on the heavens and the earth?

7 He raises the poory from the dust

and lifts the needyz from the ash heap;

8 he seats thema with princes,

with the princes of his people.

9 He settles the childlessb woman in her home

as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 114

1 When Israel came out of Egypt,c

Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judahd became God’s sanctuary,e

Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled,f

the Jordan turned back;g

4 the mountains leapedh like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?i

Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,

you hills, like lambs?

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

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into a pool,

the hard rock into springs of water.k