113  ^bPraise the Lord!

^cPraise, O ^dservants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

2  ^eBlessed be the name of the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore!

3  ^fFrom the rising of the sun to its setting,

^gthe name of the Lord is ^hto be praised!

4  The Lord is ⁱhigh above all nations,

and his ^jglory above the heavens!

5  ^kWho is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

6  who ^llooks far down

on the heavens and the earth?

7  He ^mraises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

8  to make them ⁿsit with princes,

with the princes of his people.

9  He ^ogives the barren woman a home,

making her the joyous mother of children.

^bPraise the Lord!

114  When ^pIsrael went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from ^qa people of strange language,

2  Judah became his ^rsanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3  ^sThe sea looked and fled;

^tJordan turned back.

4  ^uThe mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5  What ^vails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

6  O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7  ^wTremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8  who turns ^xthe rock into ^ya pool of water,

^zthe flint into a spring of water.

115  ^aNot to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,

^bfor the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

2  Why should the nations say,

^c“Where is their God?”

3  ^dOur God is in the heavens;

^ehe does all that he pleases.

4  ^fTheir idols are silver and gold,

^gthe work of human hands.

5  They have mouths, ^hbut do not speak;

eyes, but do not see.

6  They have ears, but do not hear;

noses, but do not smell.

7  They have hands, but do not feel;

feet, but do not walk;

and they do not make a sound in their throat.

8  ⁱThose who make them become like them;

so do all who trust in them.

9  O ^jIsrael,^{1 k}trust in the Lord!

He is their ^lhelp and their shield.

10  O ^jhouse of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and ^mtheir shield.

11  You ⁿwho fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and their shield.

12  The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;

he will bless ^othe house of Israel;

he will bless ^othe house of Aaron;

13  he will ^pbless those who fear the Lord,

^qboth the small and the great.

14  May the Lord ^rgive you increase,

you and your children!

15  May ^syou be blessed by the Lord,

^twho made heaven and earth!

16  The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,

but the earth he has given to the children of man.

17  ^uThe dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any who go down into ^vsilence.

18  But ^wwe will bless the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore.

^xPraise the Lord!

116  I ^ylove the Lord, because he has ^zheard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2  Because he ^ainclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3  ^bThe snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4  Then ^cI called on the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5  ^dGracious is the Lord, and ^erighteous;

our God is ^fmerciful.

6  The Lord preserves ^gthe simple;

when ^hI was brought low, he saved me.

7  Return, O my soul, to your ⁱrest;

for the Lord has ^jdealt bountifully with you.

8  For ^kyou have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9  I will walk before the Lord

^lin the land of the living.

10  ^mI believed, ⁿeven when¹ I spoke:

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11  ^oI said in my alarm,

^p“All mankind are liars.”

12  What shall I ^qrender to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

13  I will lift up ^rthe cup of salvation

and ^scall on the name of the Lord,

14  I will ^tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

15  ^uPrecious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his ^vsaints.

16  O Lord, I am your ^wservant;

I am your servant, ^xthe son of your maidservant.

You have ^yloosed my bonds.

17  I will ^zoffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and ^scall on the name of the Lord.

18  I will ^tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19  in ^athe courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

^bPraise the Lord!

117  ^cPraise the Lord, all nations!

Extol him, all peoples!

2  For ^dgreat is his steadfast love toward us,

and ^ethe faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

^bPraise the Lord!