^1. Psalm 113

^1. Praise the LORD. [1] Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

^2. Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.

^3. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.

^4. The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.

^5. Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,

^6. who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

^7. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

^8. he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.

^9. He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.