Psalms 113; Psalms 114; Psalms 115

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1 Praise the Lord! Praise him, you servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord.

2 The Lord's name should be praised now and forever.

3 The Lord's name should be praised from where the sun rises to where it sets.

4 The Lord is supreme over all the nations; his glory reaches to the skies.

5 No one is like the Lord our God, who rules from heaven,

6 who bends down to look at the skies and the earth.

7 The Lord lifts the poor from the dirt and takes the helpless from the ashes.

8 He seats them with princes, the princes of his people.

9 He gives children to the woman who has none and makes her a happy mother.

1 When the Israelites went out of Egypt, the people of Jacob left that foreign country.

2 Then Judah became God's holy place; Israel became the land he ruled.

3 The Red Sea looked and ran away; the Jordan River turned back.

4 The mountains danced like sheep and the hills like little lambs.

5 Sea, why did you run away? Jordan, why did you turn back?

6 Mountains, why did you dance like sheep? Hills, why did you dance like little lambs?

7 Earth, shake with fear before the Lord, before the God of Jacob.

8 He turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into a spring of water.

1 It does not belong to us, Lord. The glory belongs to you because of your love and loyalty.

2 Why do the nations ask, "Where is their God?"

3 Our God is in heaven. He does what he pleases.

4 Their idols are made of silver and gold, the work of human hands.

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

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

7 They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. No sounds come from their throats.

8 People who make idols will be like them, and so will those who trust them.

9 Family of Israel, trust the Lord; he is your helper and your protection.

10 Family of Aaron, trust the Lord; he is your helper and your protection.

11 You who respect the Lord should trust him; he is your helper and your protection.

12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us. He will bless the family of Israel; he will bless the family of Aaron.

13 The Lord will bless those who respect him, from the smallest to the greatest.

14 May the Lord give you success, and may he give you and your children success.

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

16 Heaven belongs to the Lord, but he gave the earth to people.

17 Dead people do not praise the Lord; those in the grave are silent.

18 But we will praise the Lord now and forever.