113  Praise the Lord!

^zPraise, O servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

2  ^aBlessed be the name of the Lord

^bfrom this time forth and forevermore!

3  ^cFrom the rising of the sun to its setting,

the name of the Lord is to be praised!

4  The Lord is high ^dabove all nations,

and ^ehis glory above the heavens!

5  ^fWho is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

6  who looks far down

on the heavens and the earth?

7  ^gHe raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

8  to make them sit with princes,

with the princes of his people.

9  ^hHe gives the barren woman a home,

ⁱmaking her the joyous mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

114  ^jWhen Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2  ^kJudah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3  ^lThe sea looked and fled;

^mJordan turned back.

4  The mountains ⁿskipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5  What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

6  O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7  ^oTremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8  ^pwho turns the rock into a pool of water,

the ^qflint into a spring of water.

115  ^rNot to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,

^sfor the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

2  Why should the nations say,

^t“Where is their God?”

3  Our God is in the heavens;

^uhe does all that he pleases.

4  ^vTheir idols are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

5  ^wThey have mouths, but do not speak;

eyes, but do not see.

6  They have ears, but do not hear;

noses, but do not smell.

7  They have hands, but do not feel;

feet, but do not walk;

and they do not make a sound in their throat.

8  ^xThose who make them become like them;

so do all who trust in them.

9  O Israel,^{1 y}trust ^zin the Lord!

He is their help and their ^ashield.

10  O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and their shield.

11  You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and their shield.

12  The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;

he will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

13  he will ^bbless those who fear the Lord,

^cboth the small and the great.

14  May the Lord ^dgive you increase,

you and your children!

15  May you be blessed by the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

16  The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,

but the earth he has given to the children of man.

17  ^eThe dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any who go down into silence.

18  But we will bless the Lord

^ffrom this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!

116  I love the Lord, because he has heard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2  Because he inclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3  The ^gsnares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4  Then I ^hcalled on the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5  Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;

our God is merciful.

6  The Lord preserves the simple;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7  Return, O my soul, to your ⁱrest;

for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8  For you have ^jdelivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9  I will ^kwalk before the Lord

in the land of the living.

10  ^lI believed, even when¹ I spoke:

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11  ^mI said in my alarm,

“All mankind are liars.”

12  What shall I render to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

13  I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord,

14  I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

15  ⁿPrecious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his saints.

16  O Lord, I am your servant;

I am ^oyour servant, the son of your maidservant.

You have loosed my bonds.

17  I will offer to you the ^psacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the Lord.

18  I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19  in the courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

117  ^qPraise the Lord, all nations!

Extol him, ^rall peoples!

2  For ^sgreat is his steadfast love toward us,

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord!