Psalm 113
Alleluia
In the exodus of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a foreign people,
Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His authorit.
The sea saw them and fled, The Jordan turned back;
The mountains skipped like rams, The hills like flocks of lambs.
What is it to you, O sea, that you fled, And to you, O Jordan, that you turned back?
What is it to you, O mountains, that you skipped like rams, And you, O hills, like flocks of lambs?
The earth shook because of the Lord’s face, Because of the face of Jacob’s God,
When He turned the rock into pools of waters And flinty ground into fountains of waters.
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory, For Your mercy and Your truth,
Lest the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Our God is in heaven above; And both in heaven and on earth, All things whatsoever He wills, He does.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands;
They have a mouth, but they shall not speak; They have eyes, but they shall not see;
They have ears, but they shall not hear; They have noses, but they shall not smell;
They have hands, but they shall not feel; They have feet, but they shall not walk; They shall make no sound with their throats.
May those who make them become like them, And all who trust in them.
The house of Israel hoped in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.
The house of Aaron hope in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.
Those who feared the Lord hoped in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.
The Lord remembered us and blessed us; He blessed the house of Israel; He blessed the house of Aaron;
He blessed those who feared the Lord, The least with the greatest.
May the Lord increase you, Both you and your children;
You are blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
The heaven of heaven belongs to the Lord, But he gave the earth to the sons of men.
The dead shall not praise You, O Lord, Neither do all who descend into Hades;
But we who live shall bless the Lord, From this present time and unto the ages.