Psalms 114-116

Psalm 114

¹When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

²Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

³The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

⁵What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob,

⁸Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Psalm 115

¹Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth's sake.

²Wherefore should the nations say, Where then is their God?

³But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

⁵They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

⁶They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;

⁷They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.

⁸They that make them are like unto them, -- every one that confideth in them.

⁹O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

¹⁰House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

¹¹Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

¹²Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;

¹³He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.

¹⁴Jehovah will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children.

¹⁵Ye are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

¹⁶The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

¹⁷The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

¹⁸But *we* will bless Jah from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah!

Psalm 116

¹I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice and my supplications;

²For he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during all my days.

³The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

⁴Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul.

⁵Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

⁶Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly afflicted.

¹¹I said in my haste, All men are liars.

¹²What shall I render unto Jehovah, for all his benefits toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁴I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.

¹⁶Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁸I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people,

¹⁹In the courts of Jehovah's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!