Psalm 113-116

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^2 (D)Blessed be the name of the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore!
^3 (E)From the rising of the sun to its setting,
    ^(F)the name of the Lord is ^(G)to be praised!

⁴ The Lord is ^(H)high above all nations,
    and his ^(I)glory above the heavens!
^5 (J)Who is like the Lord our God,
    who is seated on high,
⁶ who ^(K)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?
⁷ He ^(L)raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
⁸ to make them ^(M)sit with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹ He ^(N)gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
^(O)Praise the Lord!

^3 (S)The sea looked and fled;
    ^(T)Jordan turned back.
^4 (U)The mountains skipped like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

⁵ What ^(V)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
    O Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶ O mountains, that you skip like rams?
    O hills, like lambs?

^7 (W)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸ who turns ^(X)the rock into ^(Y)a pool of water,
    ^(Z)the flint into a spring of water.

² Why should the nations say,
    ^(AC)“Where is their God?”
^3 (AD)Our God is in the heavens;
    ^(AE)he does all that he pleases.

^4 (AF)Their idols are silver and gold,
    ^(AG)the work of human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, ^(AH)but do not speak;
    eyes, but do not see.
⁶ They have ears, but do not hear;
    noses, but do not smell.
⁷ They have hands, but do not feel;
    feet, but do not walk;
    and they do not make a sound in their throat.
^8 (AI)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

⁹ O ^(AJ)Israel,^{[a] (AK)}trust in the Lord!
    He is their ^(AL)help and their shield.
¹⁰ O ^(AM)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and ^(AN)their shield.
¹¹ You ^(AO)who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and their shield.

¹² The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
    he will bless ^(AP)the house of Israel;
    he will bless ^(AQ)the house of Aaron;
¹³ he will ^(AR)bless those who fear the Lord,
    ^(AS)both the small and the great.

¹⁴ May the Lord ^(AT)give you increase,
    you and your children!
¹⁵ May ^(AU)you be blessed by the Lord,
    ^(AV)who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
    but the earth he has given to the children of man.
^17 (AW)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into ^(AX)silence.
¹⁸ But ^(AY)we will bless the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore.
^(AZ)Praise the Lord!

^5 (BF)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(BG)righteous;
    our God is ^(BH)merciful.
⁶ The Lord preserves ^(BI)the simple;
    when ^(BJ)I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷ Return, O my soul, to your ^(BK)rest;
    for the Lord has ^(BL)dealt bountifully with you.

⁸ For ^(BM)you have delivered my soul from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling;
⁹ I will walk before the Lord
    ^(BN)in the land of the living.

^10 (BO)I believed, ^(BP)even when^[b] I spoke:
    “I am greatly afflicted”;
^11 (BQ)I said in my alarm,
    ^(BR)“All mankind are liars.”

¹² What shall I ^(BS)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
¹³ I will lift up ^(BT)the cup of salvation
    and ^(BU)call on the name of the Lord,
¹⁴ I will ^(BV)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

^15 (BW)Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his ^(BX)saints.
¹⁶ O Lord, I am your ^(BY)servant;
    I am your servant, ^(BZ)the son of your maidservant.
    You have ^(CA)loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will ^(CB)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and ^(CC)call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will ^(CD)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in ^(CE)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
^(CF)Praise the Lord!