Psalm 114
In exitu Israel
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Hallelujah!
When Israel came out of Egypt, *
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
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Judah became God’s sanctuary *
and Israel his dominion.
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The sea beheld it and fled; *
Jordan turned and went back.
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The mountains skipped like rams, *
and the little hills like young sheep.
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What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? *
O Jordan, that you turned back?
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You mountains, that you skipped like rams? *
you little hills like young sheep?
7
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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Who turned the hard rock into a pool of water *
and flint-stone into a flowing spring.
Psalm 115
Non nobis, Domine
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Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your Name give glory; *
because of your love and because of your faithfulness.
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Why should the heathen say, *
“Where then is their God?”
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Our God is in heaven; *
whatever he wills to do he does.
4
Their idols are silver and gold, *
the work of human hands.
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They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *
eyes have they, but they cannot see;
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They have ears, but they cannot hear; *
noses, but they cannot smell;
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They have hands, but they cannot feel;
feet, but they cannot walk; *
they make no sound with their throat.
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Those who make them are like them, *
and so are all who put their trust in them.
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O Israel, trust in the Lord; *
he is their help and their shield.
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O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; *
he is their help and their shield.
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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;
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He will bless those who fear the Lord, *
both small and great together.
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May the Lord increase you more and more, *
you and your children after you.
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May you be blessed by the Lord, *
the maker of heaven and earth.
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The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s, *
but he entrusted the earth to its peoples.
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The dead do not praise the Lord, *
nor all those who go down into silence;
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But we will bless the Lord, *
from this time forth for evermore.
Hallelujah!