Psalm 113-115 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Majesty and Condescension of God

113 Praise the Lord!

Praise, O servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord!
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore!
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From the rising of the sun to its going down
The Lord’s name is to be praised.

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The Lord is high above all nations,
His glory above the heavens.
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Who is like the Lord our God,
Who dwells on high,
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Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?

7
He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
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That He may seat him with princes—
With the princes of His people.
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He grants the barren woman a home,
Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!
The Power of God in His Deliverance of Israel

114 When Israel went out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
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Judah became His sanctuary,
And Israel His dominion.

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The sea saw it and fled;
Jordan turned back.
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The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.
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What ails you, O sea, that you fled?
O Jordan, that you turned back?
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O mountains, that you skipped like rams?
O little hills, like lambs?

7
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob,
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Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.
The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God

115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.
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Why should the Gentiles say,
“So where is their God?”

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But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
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Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
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They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
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They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;
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They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
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Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

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O Israel, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
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O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
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You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.

12
The Lord has been mindful of us;
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
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He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.

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May the Lord give you increase more and more,
You and your children.
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May you be blessed by the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

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The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
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The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor any who go down into silence.
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But we will bless the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!