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Chapter 113

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Hallelujah! 1 Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

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Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forever.

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From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the LORD be praised.

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High above all nations is the LORD; above the heavens God's glory.

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Who is like the LORD, our God enthroned on high,

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looking down on heaven and earth?

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The LORD raises the needy from the dust, lifts the poor from the ash heap,

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Seats them with princes, the princes of the people,

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Gives the childless wife a home, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!

 

 



1 [Psalm 113] A hymn exhorting the congregation to praise God's name, i.e., the way in which God is present in the world; the name is mentioned three times in ⇒ Psalm 113:1-3. The divine name is especially honored in the temple (⇒ Psalm 113:1) but its recognition is not limited by time (⇒ Psalm 113:2) and space (⇒ Psalm 113:3), for God is everywhere active (⇒ Psalm 113:4-5) especially in rescuing the lowly faithful (⇒ Psalm 113:7-9).





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