Psalm 113
Laudate, pueri
1
Hallelujah!
Give praise, you servants of the Lord; *
praise the Name of the Lord.
2
Let the Name of the Lord be blessed, *
from this time forth for evermore.
3
From the rising of the sun to its going down *
let the Name of the Lord be praised.
4
The Lord is high above all nations, *
and his glory above the heavens.
5
Who is like the Lord our God, who sits enthroned on high *
but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth?
6
He takes up the weak out of the dust *
and lifts up the poor from the ashes.
7
He sets them with the princes, *
with the princes of his people.
8
He makes the woman of a childless house *
to be a joyful mother of children.
Psalm 115
Non nobis, Domine
1
Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your Name give glory; *
because of your love and because of your faithfulness.
2
Why should the heathen say, *
“Where then is their God?”
3
Our God is in heaven; *
whatever he wills to do he does.
4
Their idols are silver and gold, *
the work of human hands.
5
They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *
eyes have they, but they cannot see;
6
They have ears, but they cannot hear; *
noses, but they cannot smell;
7
They have hands, but they cannot feel;
feet, but they cannot walk; *
they make no sound with their throat.
8
Those who make them are like them, *
and so are all who put their trust in them.
9
O Israel, trust in the Lord; *
he is their help and their shield.
10
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; *
he is their help and their shield.
11
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; *
he is their help and their shield.
12
The Lord has been mindful of us, and he will bless us; *
he will bless the house of Israel;
he will bless the house of Aaron;
13
He will bless those who fear the Lord, *
both small and great together.
14
May the Lord increase you more and more, *
you and your children after you.
15
May you be blessed by the Lord, *
the maker of heaven and earth.
16
The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s, *
but he entrusted the earth to its peoples.
17
The dead do not praise the Lord, *
nor all those who go down into silence;
18
But we will bless the Lord, *
from this time forth for evermore.
Hallelujah!