1  ^bPraise the Lord!

^cPraise, O ^dservants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

2  ^eBlessed be the name of the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore!

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

^gthe name of the Lord is ^hto be praised!

4  The Lord is ⁱhigh above all nations,

and his ^jglory above the heavens!

5  ^kWho is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

6  who ^llooks far down

on the heavens and the earth?

7  He ^mraises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

8  to make them ⁿsit with princes,

with the princes of his people.

9  He ^ogives the barren woman a home,

making her the joyous mother of children.

^bPraise the Lord!

1  When ^pIsrael went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from ^qa people of strange language,

2  Judah became his ^rsanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3  ^sThe sea looked and fled;

^tJordan turned back.

4  ^uThe mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5  What ^vails 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  ^wTremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8  who turns ^xthe rock into ^ya pool of water,

^zthe flint into a spring of water.