ISV(i)
1 Praise to the Loving God Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD!
2 May the name of the LORD be blessed from now to eternity.
3 From rising to setting sun, may the name of the LORD be praised.
4 The LORD is exalted high above all the nations; his glory beyond the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God, enthroned on high,
6 yet stooping low to observe the sky and the earth?
7 He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile
8 and giving him a seat among nobles— with the nobles of his people.
9 He makes the barren woman among her household a happy mother of joyful children. Hallelujah!
114 1Deliverance of Israel from Egypt When Israel came out of Egypt— the household of Jacob from a people of foreign speech—
2 Judah became his sanctuary and Israel his place of dominion.
3 The sea saw this and fled, the Jordan River ran backwards,
4 the mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.
5 What happened to you, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you ran backwards?
6 Mountains, that you skipped like rams? and you hills, that you skipped like lambs?
7 Tremble then, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flinty rock into flowing springs.
115 1The Impotence of Idols Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name be given glory on account of your gracious love and faithfulness.
2 Why should the nations ask “Where now is their God?”
3 when our God is in the heavens and he does whatever he desires?
4 Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.
6 They have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot touch; feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even groan with their throats.
8 Those who craft them will become like them, as will all those who trust in them.
9 Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their helper and shield.
10 House of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their helper and shield.
11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their helper and shield.
12 The LORD remembers and blesses us. He will indeed bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, both the important and the insignificant together.
14 May the LORD add to your numbers— to you and to your descendants.
15 May you be blessed by the LORD, who made the heavens and the earth.
16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but he gave the earth to human beings.
17 Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.
18 But we will bless the LORD from now to eternity. Hallelujah!
116 1God, My Deliverer I love the LORD because he has heard my prayer for mercy;
2 for he listens to me whenever I call.
3 The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the LORD, “LORD, please deliver me!”
5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate;
6 the LORD watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.
7 Return to your resting place, my soul, for the LORD treated you generously.
8 Indeed, you delivered my soul from death, my eyes from crying, and my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk in the LORD’s presence in the lands of the living.
10 I will continue to believe, even when I say, “I am greatly afflicted”
11 and speak hastily, “All people are liars!”
12 What will I return to the LORD for all his benefits to me?
13 I will raise my cup of deliverance and invoke the LORD’s name.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
15 In the sight of the LORD, the death of his faithful ones is valued.
16 LORD, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant. I am the son of your handmaid. You have released my bonds.
17 I will bring you a thanksgiving offering and call on the name of the LORD!
18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
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