☰ PSALMS 113
113
The Loʀᴅ Exalts the Humble.
1  *Praise the Loʀᴅ! (†Hallelujah!)
Praise, O servants of the Loʀᴅ,
Praise the name of the Loʀᴅ.
2 Blessed be the name of the Loʀᴅ
From this time forth and forever.
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting
The name of the Loʀᴅ is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence].
4 The Loʀᴅ is high above all nations,
And His glory above the heavens.
 
5 Who is like the Loʀᴅ our God,
Who is enthroned on high,
6 Who humbles Himself to regard
The heavens and the earth? [Ps 138:6; Is 57:15]
7 He raises the poor out of the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 That He may seat them with princes,
With the princes of His people.
9 He makes the barren woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Loʀᴅ! (Hallelujah!)
* 113:1 It is said that Psalms 113-118 were ordained by the prophets and Torah scholars to be recited as a unit on special holy days. The unit was called the Hallel (Heb “Praise”). † 113:1 According to Jewish tradition, one who had the office of Reader in a congregation would read the Psalms of the Hallel aloud, and when he came to a command to “Praise the Loʀᴅ” (Heb Halelu Yah), it was the congregation’s duty to respond with “Hallelujah!”
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