Psalm 113–115

PSALM 113

¹Praise the Lord!

Praise, O servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

²Blessed be the name of the Lord

from this time forth and for evermore!

³From the rising of the sun to its setting

the name of the Lord is to be praised!

⁴The Lord is high above all nations,

and his glory above the heavens!

⁵Who is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

⁶who looks far down

upon the heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor from the dust,

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

⁸to make them sit with princes,

with the princes of his people.

⁹He gives the barren woman a home,

making her the joyous mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 114

¹When Israel went forth from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

²Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

³The sea looked and fled,

Jordan turned back.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

⁵What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

⁶O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

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

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁸who turns the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a spring of water.

PSALM 115

¹Not to us, O Lord, not to us,

but to thy name give glory,

for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness!

²Why should the nations say,

“Where is their God?”

³Our God is in the heavens;

he does whatever he pleases.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold,

the work of men’s hands.

⁵They have mouths, but do not speak;

eyes, but do not see.

⁶They have ears, but do not hear;

noses, but do not smell.

⁷They have hands, but do not feel;

feet, but do not walk;

and they do not make a sound in their throat.

⁸Those who make them are like them;

so are all who trust in them.

⁹O Israel, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and their shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, put your 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 has been mindful of us; he will bless us;

he will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

¹³he will bless those who fear the Lord,

both small and great.

¹⁴May the Lord give you increase,

you and your children!

¹⁵May you be blessed by the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,

but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

¹⁷The dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any that go down into silence.

¹⁸But we will bless the Lord

from this time forth and for evermore.

Praise the Lord!