1 Praise the LORD!

Praise, you servants of the LORD,

praise the LORD’s name.

2 Blessed be the LORD’s name,

from this time forward and forever more.

3 From the rising of the sun to its going down,

The LORD’s name is to be praised.

4 The LORD is high above all nations,

his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like the LORD, our God,

who has his seat on high,

6 who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

7 He raises up the poor out of the dust,

and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

8 that he may set him with princes,

even with the princes of his people.

9 He settles the barren woman in her home

as a joyful mother of children.

Praise the LORD!