< Psalms 113 >
1 Praise JAH. Praise, you servants of YHWH, praise the name of YHWH.
Halleluyah ·praise Yah·! Praise, you servants of Adonai, praise Adonai’s name.
2 Blessed be the name of YHWH, from this time forth and forevermore.
Blessed be Adonai’s name, from this time forward and forever more.
3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, YHWH's name is to be praised.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Adonai’s name is to be praised.
4 YHWH is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
Adonai is high above all nations, his kavod ·weighty glory· above the heavens.
5 Who is like YHWH, our God, who has his seat on high,
Who is like Adonai, our God, who has his seat on high,
6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
7 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise JAH.
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!