Psalms 113; Psalms 114; Psalms 115

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1 Praise the Lord! You servants of the Lord, praise his name!

2 May his name be praised, now and forever.

3 From the east to the west praise the name of the Lord!

4 The Lord rules over all nations; his glory is above the heavens.

5 There is no one like the Lord our God. He lives in the heights above,

6 but he bends down to see the heavens and the earth.

7 He raises the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from their misery

8 and makes them companions of princes, the princes of his people.

9 He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the Lord!

1 When the people of Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's descendants left that foreign land,

2 Judah became the Lord's holy people, Israel became his own possession.

3 The Red Sea looked and ran away; the Jordan River stopped flowing.

4 The mountains skipped like goats; the hills jumped around like lambs.

5 What happened, Sea, to make you run away? And you, O Jordan, why did you stop flowing?

6 You mountains, why did you skip like goats? You hills, why did you jump around like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, at the Lord's coming, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who changes rocks into pools of water and solid cliffs into flowing springs.

1 To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.

2 Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?"

3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.

4 Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.

5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.

6 They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.

7 They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.

8 May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.

9 Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel. He helps you and protects you.

10 Trust in the Lord, you priests of God. He helps you and protects you.

11 Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him. He helps you and protects you.

12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us; he will bless the people of Israel and all the priests of God.

13 He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.

14 May the Lord give you children - you and your descendants!

15 May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

16 Heaven belongs to the Lord alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.

17 The Lord is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.

18 But we, the living, will give thanks to him now and forever. Praise the Lord!