Psalms 113

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Al eluia! Praise, servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh.	1 Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
2 Blessed be the name of Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.	2 Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting, praised be the name of Yahweh!	3 The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.
4 Supreme over al nations is Yahweh, supreme over the heavens his glory.	4 The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.
5 Who is like Yahweh our God? His throne is set on high,	5 What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?
6 but he stoops to look down on heaven and earth.	6 What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?
7 He raises the poor from the dust, he lifts the needy from the dunghill,	7 Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.
8 to give them a place among princes, among princes of his people.	8 He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.
9 He lets the barren woman be seated at home, the happy mother of sons.	9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory.
	10 Give glory to your mercy and your truth, lest the Gentiles should say, “Where is their God?”
	11 But our God is in heaven. All things whatsoever that he has willed, he has done.
	12 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
	13 They have mouths, and do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see.
	14 They have ears, and do not hear; they have noses, and do not smell.
	15 They have hands, and do not feel; they have feet, and do not walk. Neither will they cry out with their throat.
	16 Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them.
	17 The house of Israel has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.
	18 The house of Aaron has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.
	19 Those who fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.
	20 The Lord has been mindful of us, and he has blessed us. He has blessed the house of Israel. He has blessed the house of Aaron.
	21 He has blessed all who fear the Lord, the small with the great.
	22 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your sons.
	23 Blessed are you by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
	24 The heaven of heaven is for the Lord, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
	25 The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell.
	26 But we who live will bless the Lord, from this time forward, and even forever.