Psalms 113

1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

1Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

2Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

2Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever.

3The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

3From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised.

4The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.

4The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

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

6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?

6Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

7At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:

7He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

8Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.

8To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

9Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.

9He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

10For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?

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11But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.

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12The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

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13They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.

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14They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

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15They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.

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16Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.

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17The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

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18The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

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19They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

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20The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.

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21He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.

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22May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.

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23Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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24The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

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25The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

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26But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.

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