Psalms 113

1 Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, you his servants, praise the name of the Lord.

Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.

2 The name of the Lord be blessed from now and for evermore.

Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

3 From sunrise to sunset is the name of the Lord to be praised.

From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.

4 High is the Lord above all nations, above the heavens is his glory.

The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like the Lord our God, seated on high?

Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,

6 He bends down to look at the heavens and earth.

who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

7 He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

8 and sets them beside the princes, even the princes of his people.

that he may set him with princes, even 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 of children. Praise the LORD!