Psalms 111-118

Psalm 111

¹Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people.

²The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

³His work is full of honour and glory; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever.

⁴Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.

⁵He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever.

⁶He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.

⁷The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

⁸They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness.

⁹He has sent salvation to his people; he has given his word for ever: holy is his name and greatly to be feared.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

Psalm 112

¹Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

²His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

³A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

⁴For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

⁵All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

⁶He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

⁷He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

⁸His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters.

⁹He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

¹⁰The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

Psalm 113

¹Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

²Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever.

³From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised.

⁴The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

⁵Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

⁶Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

⁷He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

⁸To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

⁹He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

Psalm 114

¹When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

²Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

³The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

⁴The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

⁵What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

⁶You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

⁷Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

⁸Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.

Psalm 115

¹Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

²Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

³But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

⁴Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

⁵They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

⁶They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

⁷They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

⁸Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

⁹O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

¹¹You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

¹²The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

¹³He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

¹⁴May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

¹⁵May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

¹⁷The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

¹⁸But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

Psalm 116

¹I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.

²He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.

³The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

⁵The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

⁶The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.

⁷Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

⁸You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

⁹I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁰I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble;

¹¹Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

¹²What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord.

¹⁴I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.

¹⁵Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.

¹⁶O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

¹⁷I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.

¹⁸I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

¹⁹In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.

Psalm 117

¹Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.

²For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

Psalm 118

¹O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

²Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

³Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

⁴Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

⁵I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

⁶The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

⁷The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.

⁸It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

⁹It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.

¹⁰All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

¹¹They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

¹²They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

¹³I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

¹⁵The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

¹⁶The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

¹⁷Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

¹⁸The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

¹⁹Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord.

²⁰This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.

²¹I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation.

²²The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

²³This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.

²⁵Send salvation now, O Lord; Lord, send us your blessing.

²⁶A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord.

²⁷The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

²⁹O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.