< Psalms 113 >
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye seruants of the Lord, prayse the Name of the Lord.
Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from hencefoorth and for euer.
Let the name of the Lord be blessed from this time forth and for evermore.
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 unto his going down the name of the Lord is praised.
4 The Lord is high aboue all nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.
High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens is his glory.
5 Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high!
Who is like the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high?
6 Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!
Who condescendeth to view what is done in the heavens, and on the earth?
7 He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,
He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy:
8 That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.
That he may set him with princes, even with the princes 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 causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of [her] household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.