Psalms 113

1 Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.

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

2 Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.

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

3 From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

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

4 The LORD is exalted over all the 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, the One enthroned on high?

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

6 He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

He bends down to look at the heavens and earth.

7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

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

8 to seat them with nobles, 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 to her children. Hallelujah!

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