< Psalms 113 >
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye seruants of the Lord, prayse the Name of the Lord.
Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.
2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from hencefoorth and for euer.
Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.
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 to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high aboue all nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.
The LORD is high above all nations, his glory 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 has his seat on high,
6 Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!
who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
7 He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,
He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,
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 settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!