Psalm 113–115

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.

Psalm 115

¹Not ^aunto us, O Lord, not unto us,

But to Your name give glory,

Because of Your mercy,

Because of Your truth.

²Why should the ¹Gentiles say,

^b“So where is their God?”

^3cBut our God is in heaven;

He does whatever He pleases.

^4dTheir idols are silver and gold,

The work of men’s hands.

⁵They have mouths, but they do not speak;

Eyes they have, but they do not see;

⁶They have ears, but they do not hear;

Noses they have, but they do not smell;

⁷They have hands, but they do not handle;

Feet they have, but they do not walk;

Nor do they mutter through their throat.

^8eThose who make them are like them;

So is everyone who trusts in them.

^9fO Israel, trust in the Lord;

^gHe is their help and their shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;

He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;

He is their help and their shield.

¹²The Lord ²has been mindful of us;

He will bless us;

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

^13hHe will bless those who fear the Lord,

Both small and great.

¹⁴May the Lord give you increase more and more,

You and your children.

¹⁵May you be ⁱblessed by the Lord,

^jWho made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;

But the earth He has given to the children of men.

^17kThe dead do not praise the Lord,

Nor any who go down into silence.

^18lBut we will bless the Lord

From this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!