Psalms 113-115

1Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.

2Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.

3From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

4The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.

5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

6He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

8to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

1When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

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

8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

5They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

6they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

7they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

9O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

12The LORD is 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— small and great alike.

14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.

15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

18But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!