Psalms 113

1(114, 115) Alleluia. In the exodus of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a foreign people,

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2Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His authority.

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3The sea saw them and fled, The Jordan turned back;

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4The mountains skipped like rams, The hills like flocks of lambs.

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5What is it to you, O sea, that you fled, And to you, O Jordan, that you turned back?

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6What is it to you, O mountains, that you skipped like rams, And you, O hills, like flocks of lambs?

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7The earth shook because of the Lord's face, Because of the face of Jacob's God,

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8When He turned the rock into pools of waters And flinty ground into fountains of waters.

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9Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory, For Your mercy and Your truth,

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10Lest the nations say, "Where is their God?"

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11Our God is in heaven above; And both in heaven and on earth, All things whatsoever He wills, He does.

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12The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands;

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13They have a mouth, but they shall not speak; They have eyes, but they shall not see;

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14They have ears, but they shall not hear; They have noses, but they shall not smell;

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15They have hands, but they shall not feel; They have feet, but they shall not walk; They shall make no sound with their throats.

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16May those who make them become like them, And all who trust in them.

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17The house of Israel hoped in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.

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18The house of Aaron hoped in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.

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19Those who feared the Lord hoped in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.

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20The Lord remembered us and blessed us; He blessed the house of Israel; He blessed the house of Aaron;

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21He blessed those who feared the Lord, The least with the greatest.

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22May the Lord increase you, Both you and your children;

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23You are blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

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24The heaven of heaven belongs to the Lord, But He gave the earth to the sons of men.

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25The dead shall not praise You, O Lord, Neither do all who descend into Hades;

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26But we who live shall bless the Lord, From this present time and unto the ages.

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