Psalms 113

¹Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people

²Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power

³The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again

⁴The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep

⁵What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again

⁶What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep

⁷Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob

⁸He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters

⁹Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory

¹⁰Give glory to your mercy and your truth, lest the Gentiles should say, “Where is their God?

¹¹But our God is in heaven. All things whatsoever that he has willed, he has done

¹²The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men

¹³They have mouths, and do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see

¹⁴They have ears, and do not hear; they have noses, and do not smell

¹⁵They have hands, and do not feel; they have feet, and do not walk. Neither will they cry out with their throat

¹⁶Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them

¹⁷The house of Israel has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector

¹⁸The house of Aaron has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector

¹⁹Those who fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector

²⁰The Lord has been mindful of us, and he has blessed us. He has blessed the house of Israel. He has blessed the house of Aaron

²¹He has blessed all who fear the Lord, the small with the great

²²May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your sons

²³Blessed are you by the Lord, who made heaven and earth

²⁴The heaven of heaven is for the Lord, but the earth he has given to the sons of men

²⁵The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell

²⁶But we who live will bless the Lord, from this time forward, and even forever