1 Praise ye Jah. Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah.
2 Blessed be the name of Jehovah henceforth and to everlasting.
3 From sun-rising unto its setting praised be Jehovah’s name.
4 High above all nations [is] Jehovah, his glory above the heavens.
5 Who [is] like Jehovah our God, that dwelleth on high,
6 That seeth deep (or, humbleth himself to see) in the heavens and in the earth?
7 He raiseth from the dust the poor one; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
8 To set with rulers, with nobles of his people.
9 He maketh a barren one to dwell [in] the house glad mother of its sons. Praise ye Jah.
Notes on Psalm 113
“Praise ye Jah.” Here the scope is manifestly wider. Israel may be Jehovah’s earthly center, but His name shall be praised from east to west, from that day and evermore. Who is like to Him, and to Him as thus displayed in His ways with His poor loved one, no longer in the dust but exalted, no longer barren but the glad mother of sons? Hallelujah!