Psalms 113:1
Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Study Guide
Psalms 113
Übersicht
The first of the Egyptian Hallel psalms sung at Passover. It calls servants to praise the Lord from the rising to the setting sun and celebrates the Lord's incomparable majesty who yet stoops down to look at the heavens and earth and raise the poor from the dust.
Key Verses
Psalms 113:3
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.
Psalms 113:4
The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
Psalms 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Psalms 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Full Text
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.