1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.
2 Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever.
3 From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.
5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?
7 He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;
8 To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.
9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.
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Today's Verse
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Verse Of The DayIts picture of God humbling himself to behold heaven and earth recalls the nations' worship described in Malachi 1:11, and the psalm's praise carries directly into Psalms 114.
