Psalms 113

1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye seruants of the Lord, prayse the Name of the Lord.

Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from hencefoorth and for euer.

Blessed is the name of the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.

3 The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising of ye sunne, vnto ye going downe of the same.

From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.

4 The Lord is high aboue all nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory is high above the heavens.

5 Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high!

Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,

6 Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!

and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?

7 He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,

He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,

8 That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.

so that he may place him with the leaders, with the leaders of his people.

9 He maketh the barren woman to dwell with a familie, and a ioyfull mother of children. Prayse ye the Lord.

He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.