< Psalms 113 >
1 Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, you his servants, praise the name of the Lord.
Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.
2 The name of the Lord be blessed from now and for evermore.
Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
3 From sunrise to sunset is the name of the Lord to be praised.
From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
4 High is the Lord above all nations, above the heavens is his glory.
The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the Lord our God, seated on high?
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
6 He bends down to look at the heavens and earth.
He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
7 He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
8 and sets them beside the princes, even the princes of his people.
to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
9 He gives the childless woman a home, and makes her the happy mother of children. Hallelujah.
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!