Psalms 113

1 Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.

Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, you his servants, praise the name of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

The name of the Lord be blessed from now and for evermore.

3 From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.

From sunrise to sunset is the name of the Lord to be praised.

4 The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

High is the Lord above all nations, above the heavens is his glory.

5 Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,

Who is like the Lord our God, seated on high?

6 who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

He bends down to look at the heavens and earth.

7 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,

8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

and sets them beside the princes, even the princes of his people.

9 He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

He gives the childless woman a home, and makes her the happy mother of children. Hallelujah.