Psalm 111-118

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Praised for His Goodness.

111 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
I ^(A)will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the ^(B)company of the upright and in the assembly.
²^(C)Great are the works of the Lord;
They are ^[c]^(D)studied by all who delight in them.
³^[d]^(E)Splendid and majestic is His work,
And ^(F)His righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has caused His ^[e]wonders ^[f]to be remembered;
The Lord is ^(G)gracious and compassionate.
⁵He has ^(H)given ^[g]food to those who ^[h]fear Him;
He will ^(I)remember His covenant forever.
⁶He has made known to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are ^[i]^(J)truth and justice;
All His precepts ^(K)are trustworthy.
⁸They are ^(L)upheld forever and ever;
They are performed in ^[j]^(M)truth and uprightness.
⁹He has sent ^(N)redemption to His people;
He has ^[k]ordained His covenant forever;
^(O)Holy and ^[l]awesome is His name.
¹⁰The ^[m]^(P)fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
All those who ^[n]follow ^(Q)His commandments have a good understanding;
His ^(R)praise endures forever.

Prosperity of One Who Fears the Lord.

112 ^[o]Praise ^[p]the Lord!
^(S)Blessed is a person who ^[q]fears the Lord,
Who greatly ^(T)delights in His commandments.
²His ^[r]^(U)descendants will be mighty ^[s]on the earth;
The generation of the ^(V)upright will be blessed.
³^(W)Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light shines in the darkness ^(X)for the upright;
He is ^(Y)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
⁵It goes well for a person who ^(Z)is gracious and lends;
He will ^[t]maintain his cause in judgment.
⁶For he will ^(AA)never be shaken;
The ^(AB)righteous will be ^[u]remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear ^(AC)bad news;
His ^(AD)heart is steadfast, ^(AE)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His ^(AF)heart is firm, he ^(AG)will not fear,
^[v]But will ^(AH)look with satisfaction on his enemies.
⁹^[w]He ^(AI)has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His ^(AJ)horn will be exalted in honor.

¹⁰The ^(AK)wicked will see it and be ^[x]vexed,
He will ^(AL)gnash his teeth and ^(AM)melt away;
The ^(AN)desire of the wicked will perish.

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

113 ^[y]Praise ^[z]the Lord!
^(AO)Praise Him, you ^(AP)servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
²^(AQ)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time on and forever.
³^(AR)From ^[aa]the rising of the sun to its setting,
The ^(AS)name of the Lord is to be praised.
⁴The Lord is ^(AT)high above all nations;
His ^(AU)glory is above the heavens.

⁵^(AV)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who ^(AW)is enthroned on high,
⁶Who ^(AX)looks far down to
The heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(AY)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
⁸To ^(AZ)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.
⁹He ^(BA)has the infertile woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
^[ab]Praise ^[ac]the Lord!

God’s Rescue of Israel from Egypt.

114 When Israel went forth ^(BB)from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of a ^(BC)foreign language,
²Judah became ^(BD)His sanctuary;
Israel, ^(BE)His dominion.

³The ^(BF)sea looked and fled;
The ^(BG)Jordan turned back.
⁴The mountains ^(BH)skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.
⁵What ^(BI)ails you, sea, that you flee?
Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶Mountains, that you skip like rams?
Hills, like lambs?

⁷^(BJ)Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
Before the God of Jacob,
⁸Who ^(BK)turned the rock into a ^(BL)pool of water,
The ^(BM)flint into a fountain of water.

Heathen Idols Contrasted with the Lord.

115 ^(BN)Not to us, Lord, not to us,
But ^(BO)to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy, because of Your ^[ad]truth.
²^(BP)Why should the nations say,
“^(BQ)Where, then, is their God?”
³But our ^(BR)God is in the heavens;
He ^(BS)does whatever He pleases.
⁴Their ^(BT)idols are silver and gold,
The ^(BU)work of human hands.
⁵They have mouths, but they ^(BV)cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
⁷^[ae]They have hands, but they cannot feel;
^[af]They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
⁸^(BW)Those who make them ^[ag]will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹^(BX)Israel, ^(BY)trust in the Lord;
He is their ^(BZ)help and their shield.
¹⁰House of ^(CA)Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
¹¹You who ^[ah]^(CB)fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
¹²The Lord ^(CC)has been mindful of us; He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
¹³He will ^(CD)bless those who ^[ai]fear the Lord,
^(CE)The small together with the great.
¹⁴May the Lord ^(CF)increase you,
You and your children.
¹⁵May you be blessed of the Lord,
^(CG)Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^(CH)the heavens of the Lord,
But ^(CI)the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.
¹⁷The ^(CJ)dead do not praise ^[aj]the Lord,
Nor do any who go down into ^(CK)silence;
¹⁸But as for us, we will ^(CL)bless ^[ak]the Lord
From this time and forever.
^[al]Praise ^[am]the Lord!

Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

116 ^(CM)I love the Lord, because He ^(CN)hears
My voice and my pleas.
²Because He has ^(CO)inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
³The ^(CP)snares of death encompassed me
And the ^[an]terrors of ^[ao]Sheol ^[ap]came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
⁴Then ^(CQ)I called upon the name of the Lord:
“Please, Lord, ^(CR)save my ^[aq]life!”

⁵^(CS)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(CT)righteous;
Yes, our God is ^(CU)compassionate.
⁶The Lord watches over ^(CV)the simple;
I was ^(CW)brought low, and He saved me.
⁷Return to your ^(CX)rest, my soul,
For the Lord has ^(CY)dealt generously with you.
⁸For You have ^(CZ)rescued my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling.
⁹I shall walk before the Lord
In the ^[ar]^(DA)land of the living.
¹⁰I ^(DB)believed when I said,
“I am ^(DC)greatly afflicted.”
¹¹I ^(DD)said in my alarm,
“^(DE)All people are liars.”

¹²What shall I ^(DF)repay to the Lord
For all His ^(DG)benefits ^[as]to me?
¹³I will lift up the ^(DH)cup of salvation,
And ^(DI)call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁴I will ^(DJ)pay my vows to the Lord;
May it be ^(DK)in the presence of all His people!
¹⁵^(DL)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones.
¹⁶O Lord, ^[at]I surely am ^(DM)Your slave,
I am Your slave, the ^(DN)son of Your female slave,
You have ^(DO)unfastened my restraints.
¹⁷I will offer You ^(DP)a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And ^(DQ)call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁸I will ^(DR)pay my vows to the Lord,
May it be in the presence of all His people,
¹⁹In the ^(DS)courtyards of the Lord’s house,
In the midst of you, ^(DT)Jerusalem!
^[au]Praise ^[av]the Lord!

A Psalm of Praise.

117 ^(DU)Praise the Lord, all nations;
Sing His praises, all peoples!
²For His ^(DV)mercy toward us is ^[aw]great,
And the ^[ax]^(DW)truth of the Lord is everlasting.
^[ay]Praise ^[az]the Lord!

Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Saving Goodness.

118 ^(DX)Give thanks to the Lord, for ^(DY)He is good;
For His mercy is everlasting.
²Let ^(DZ)Israel say,
“His mercy is everlasting.”
³Oh let the ^(EA)house of Aaron say,
“His mercy is everlasting.”
⁴Let those ^(EB)who ^[ba]fear the Lord say,
“His mercy is everlasting.”

⁵From my ^(EC)distress I called upon ^[bb]the Lord;
^[bc]The Lord answered me and ^(ED)put me in an open space.
⁶The Lord is ^(EE)for me; I will ^(EF)not fear;
^(EG)What can man do to me?
⁷The Lord is for me ^(EH)among those who help me;
Therefore I will ^(EI)look with satisfaction on those who hate me.
⁸It is ^(EJ)better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in people.
⁹It is ^(EK)better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in noblemen.

¹⁰All nations ^(EL)surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will certainly ^(EM)fend them off.
¹¹They ^(EN)surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
¹²They surrounded me ^(EO)like bees;
They were extinguished like a ^(EP)fire of thorn bushes;
In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
¹³You ^(EQ)pushed me violently so that I ^[bd]was falling,
But the Lord ^(ER)helped me.
¹⁴^[be]^(ES)The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become ^(ET)my salvation.

¹⁵The sound of ^(EU)joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
The ^(EV)right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.
¹⁶The ^(EW)right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.
¹⁷I ^(EX)will not die, but live,
And ^(EY)tell of the works of ^[bf]the Lord.
¹⁸^[bg]The Lord has ^(EZ)disciplined me severely,
But He has ^(FA)not turned me over to death.

¹⁹^(FB)Open the gates of righteousness to me;
I will enter through them, I will give thanks to ^[bh]the Lord.
²⁰This is the gate of the Lord;
The ^(FC)righteous will enter through it.
²¹I will give thanks to You, for You have ^(FD)answered me,
And You have ^(FE)become my salvation.

²²A ^(FF)stone which the builders rejected
Has become the ^[bi]chief cornerstone.
²³This came about from the Lord;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let’s ^(FG)rejoice and be glad in it.
²⁵Please, O Lord, ^(FH)do save us;
Please, O Lord, do send ^(FI)prosperity!
²⁶^(FJ)Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;
We have ^(FK)blessed you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷^(FL)The Lord is God, and He has given us ^(FM)light;
Bind the festival sacrifice ^[bj]to the ^(FN)horns of the altar with cords.
²⁸^(FO)You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, ^(FP)I exalt You.
²⁹^(FQ)Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His mercy is everlasting.