Psalms 111-113

Psalm 111

¹Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

²Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

³Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.

⁴He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

⁵He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

⁶He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.

⁸They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.

⁹He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

Psalm 112

¹Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

²His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

³Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

⁴Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

⁵It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

⁶Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

⁷He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

⁸His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.

⁹He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

¹⁰The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 113

¹Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.

²Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.

³From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

⁴The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.

⁵Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

⁶He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

⁷He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

⁸to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

⁹He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!