Psalm 113, verse 1. 1Alleluia.
In the exodus of Israel from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a foreign people,
Psalm 113, verse 2. 2Judah became His sanctuary,
And Israel His authority.
Psalm 113, verse 3. 3The sea saw them and fled,
The Jordan turned back;
Psalm 113, verse 4. 4The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills like flocks of lambs.
Psalm 113, verse 5. 5What is it to you, O sea, that you fled,
And to you, O Jordan, that you turned back?
Psalm 113, verse 6. 6What is it to you, O mountains, that you skipped like rams,
And you, O hills, like flocks of lambs?
Psalm 113, verse 7. 7The earth shook because of the Lord's face,
Because of the face of Jacob's God,
Psalm 113, verse 8. 8When He turned the rock into pools of waters
And flinty ground into fountains of waters.
Psalm 113, verse 9. 9Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory,
For Your mercy and Your truth,
Psalm 113, verse 10. 10Lest the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Psalm 113, verse 11. 11Our God is in heaven above;
And both in heaven and on earth,
All things whatsoever He wills, He does.
Psalm 113, verse 12. 12The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men's hands;
Psalm 113, verse 13. 13They have a mouth, but they shall not speak;
They have eyes, but they shall not see;
Psalm 113, verse 14. 14They have ears, but they shall not hear;
They have noses, but they shall not smell;
Psalm 113, verse 15. 15They have hands, but they shall not feel;
They have feet, but they shall not walk;
They shall make no sound with their throats.
Psalm 113, verse 16. 16May those who make them become like them,
And all who trust in them.
Psalm 113, verse 17. 17The house of Israel hoped in the Lord;
He is their help and their protector.
Psalm 113, verse 18. 18The house of Aaron hoped in the Lord;
He is their help and their protector.
Psalm 113, verse 19. 19Those who feared the Lord hoped in the Lord;
He is their help and their protector.
Psalm 113, verse 20. 20The Lord remembered us and blessed us;
He blessed the house of Israel;
He blessed the house of Aaron;
Psalm 113, verse 21. 21He blessed those who feared the Lord,
The least with the greatest.
Psalm 113, verse 22. 22May the Lord increase you,
Both you and your children;
Psalm 113, verse 23. 23You are blessed by the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 113, verse 24. 24The heaven of heaven belongs to the Lord,
But He gave the earth to the sons of men.
Psalm 113, verse 25. 25The dead shall not praise You, O Lord,
Neither do all who descend into Hades;
Psalm 113, verse 26. 26But we who live shall bless the Lord,
From this present time and unto the ages.