Psalm 113–114

Psalm 113

¹Praise ¹the Lord!

^aPraise, O servants of the Lord,

Praise the name of the Lord!

^2bBlessed be the name of the Lord

From this time forth and forevermore!

^3cFrom the rising of the sun to its going down

The Lord’s name is to be praised.

⁴The Lord is ^dhigh above all nations,

^eHis glory above the heavens.

^5fWho is like the Lord our God,

Who dwells on high,

^6gWho humbles Himself to behold

The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?

^7hHe raises the poor out of the dust,

And lifts the ⁱneedy out of the ash heap,

⁸That He may ^jseat him with princes—

With the princes of His people.

^9kHe grants the ²barren woman a home,

Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 114

¹When ^aIsrael went out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob ^bfrom a people ¹of strange language,

^2cJudah became His sanctuary,

And Israel His dominion.

^3dThe sea saw it and fled;

^eJordan turned back.

^4fThe mountains skipped like rams,

The little hills like lambs.

^5gWhat ails you, O sea, that you fled?

O Jordan, that you turned back?

⁶O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O little hills, like lambs?

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

At the presence of the God of Jacob,

^8hWho turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of waters.