Psalm 113:7-118:29

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^3 (H)The sea looked and fled;
    ^(I)Jordan turned back.
^4 (J)The mountains skipped like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

⁵ What ^(K)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 (L)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸ who turns ^(M)the rock into ^(N)a pool of water,
    ^(O)the flint into a spring of water.

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

^4 (U)Their idols are silver and gold,
    ^(V)the work of human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, ^(W)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 (X)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

⁹ O ^(Y)Israel,^{[a] (Z)}trust in the Lord!
    He is their ^(AA)help and their shield.
¹⁰ O ^(AB)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and ^(AC)their shield.
¹¹ You ^(AD)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 ^(AE)the house of Israel;
    he will bless ^(AF)the house of Aaron;
¹³ he will ^(AG)bless those who fear the Lord,
    ^(AH)both the small and the great.

¹⁴ May the Lord ^(AI)give you increase,
    you and your children!
¹⁵ May ^(AJ)you be blessed by the Lord,
    ^(AK)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 (AL)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into ^(AM)silence.
¹⁸ But ^(AN)we will bless the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore.
^(AO)Praise the Lord!

^5 (AU)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(AV)righteous;
    our God is ^(AW)merciful.
⁶ The Lord preserves ^(AX)the simple;
    when ^(AY)I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷ Return, O my soul, to your ^(AZ)rest;
    for the Lord has ^(BA)dealt bountifully with you.

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

^10 (BD)I believed, ^(BE)even when^[b] I spoke:
    “I am greatly afflicted”;
^11 (BF)I said in my alarm,
    ^(BG)“All mankind are liars.”

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

^15 (BL)Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his ^(BM)saints.
¹⁶ O Lord, I am your ^(BN)servant;
    I am your servant, ^(BO)the son of your maidservant.
    You have ^(BP)loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will ^(BQ)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and ^(BR)call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will ^(BS)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in ^(BT)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
^(BU)Praise the Lord!

^2 (CA)Let Israel say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”
^3 (CB)Let the house of Aaron say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”
^4 (CC)Let those who fear the Lord say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”

^5 (CD)Out of my distress I ^(CE)called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me ^(CF)free.
^6 (CG)The Lord is on my side; ^(CH)I will not fear.
    What can man do to me?
^7 (CI)The Lord is on my side as my helper;
    I shall ^(CJ)look in triumph on those who hate me.

^8 (CK)It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    ^(CL)than to trust in man.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    ^(CM)than to trust in princes.

^10 (CN)All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹¹ They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
^12 (CO)They surrounded me like bees;
    they went out like ^(CP)a fire among thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹³ I was ^(CQ)pushed hard,^[c] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song;
    ^(CR)he has become my salvation.
¹⁵ Glad songs of salvation
    are in the tents of the righteous:
^(CS)“The right hand of the Lord ^(CT)does valiantly,
¹⁶     the right hand of the Lord exalts,
    the right hand of the Lord ^(CU)does valiantly!”

^17 (CV)I shall not die, but I shall live,
    and ^(CW)recount the deeds of the Lord.
¹⁸ The Lord has ^(CX)disciplined me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.

^19 (CY)Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
    ^(CZ)the righteous shall enter through it.
²¹ I thank you that ^(DA)you have answered me
    ^(DB)and have become my salvation.
^22 (DC)The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.^[d]
23 This is the Lord's doing;
    it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ Save us, we pray, O Lord!
    O Lord, we pray, give us success!

^26 (DD)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
    We ^(DE)bless you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷ The Lord is God,
    and he has made ^(DF)his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
    up to ^(DG)the horns of the altar!

²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
    you are my God; I will ^(DH)extol you.
^29 (DI)Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    for his steadfast love endures forever!