PSALM 113

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

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 forever.

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;

His glory is above the heavens.

5Who is like the Lord our God,

Who is enthroned on high,

6Who humbles Himself to behold

The things that are in heaven and in 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 makes the barren woman abide in the house

As a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 114

God’s Deliverance of Israel from Egypt.

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;

The 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, before the Lord,

Before the God of Jacob,

8Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of water.

PSALM 115

Heathen Idols Contrasted with the Lord.

1Not to us, O Lord, not to us,

But to Your name give glory

Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.

2Why should the nations say,

“Where, now, is their God?”

3But our God is in the heavens;

He does whatever He pleases.

4Their idols are silver and gold,

The work of man’s hands.

5They have mouths, but they cannot speak;

They have eyes, but they cannot see;

6They have ears, but they cannot hear;

They have noses, but they cannot smell;

7They have hands, but they cannot feel;

They have feet, but they cannot walk;

They cannot make a sound with their throat.

8Those who make them will become like them,

Everyone who trusts in them.

9O Israel, trust in the Lord;

He 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 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,

The small together with the great.

14May the Lord give you increase,

You and your children.

15May you be blessed of the Lord,

Maker of heaven and earth.

16The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,

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

17The dead do not praise the Lord,

Nor do any who go down into silence;

18But as for us, we will bless the Lord

From this time forth and forever.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 116

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.

1I love the Lord, because He hears

My voice and my supplications.

2Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

3The cords of death encompassed me

And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;

I found distress and sorrow.

4Then I called upon the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”

5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;

Yes, our God is compassionate.

6The Lord preserves the simple;

I was brought low, and He saved me.

7Return to your rest, O my soul,

For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8For You have rescued my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

My feet from stumbling.

9I shall walk before the Lord

In the land of the living.

10I believed when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted.”

11I said in my alarm,

“All men are liars.”

12What shall I render to the Lord

For all His benefits toward me?

13I shall lift up the cup of salvation

And call upon the name of the Lord.

14I shall pay my vows to the Lord,

Oh may it be in the presence of all His people.

15Precious in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of His godly ones.

16O Lord, surely I am Your servant,

I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid,

You have loosed my bonds.

17To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And call upon the name of the Lord.

18I shall pay my vows to the Lord,

Oh may it be in the presence of all His people,

19In the courts of the Lord’s house,

In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 117

A Psalm of Praise.

1Praise the Lord, all nations;

Laud Him, all peoples!

2For His lovingkindness is great toward us,

And the truth of the Lord is everlasting.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 118

Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Saving Goodness.

1Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

2Oh let Israel say,

“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

3Oh let the house of Aaron say,

“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

4Oh let those who fear the Lord say,

“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

5From my distress I called upon the Lord;

The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.

6The Lord is for me; I will not fear;

What can man do to me?

7The Lord is for me among those who help me;

Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me.

8It is better to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in man.

9It is better to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in princes.

10All nations surrounded me;

In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;

In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

12They surrounded me like bees;

They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;

In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

13You pushed me violently so that I was falling,

But the Lord helped me.

14The Lord is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.

15The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

16The right hand of the Lord is exalted;

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

17I will not die, but live,

And tell of the works of the Lord.

18The Lord has disciplined me severely,

But He has not given me over to death.

19Open to me the gates of righteousness;

I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

20This is the gate of the Lord;

The righteous will enter through it.

21I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me,

And You have become my salvation.

22The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief corner stone.

23This is the Lord’s doing;

It is marvelous in our eyes.

24This is the day which the Lord has made;

Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25O Lord, do save, we beseech You;

O Lord, we beseech You, do send prosperity!

26Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;

We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

27The Lord is God, and He has given us light;

Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

28You are my God, and I give thanks to You;

You are my God, I extol You.

29Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.