Verse 1
Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!
Verse 2
May the LORD’s name be praised now and forevermore!
Verse 3
From east to west the LORD’s name is deserving of praise.
Verse 4
The LORD is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.
Verse 5
Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?
Verse 6
He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.
Verse 7
He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,
Verse 8
that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.
Verse 9
He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!