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113:1  Praise the Lord! Praise him, you servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord.
113:2  The Lord’s name ·should [is to] be ·praised [blessed] now and forever.
113:3  The Lord’s name ·should [is to] be praised from where the sun rises to where it sets.
113:4  The Lord is ·supreme [exalted] over all the nations [99:2]; his glory [C God’s manifest presence] ·reaches to the skies [is over the heavens].
113:5  ·No one [L Who…?] is like the Lord our God, who ·rules [L is seated/enthroned] ·from heaven [on high],
113:6  who ·bends [stoops] down to look at the ·skies [heavens] and the earth.
113:7  The Lord ·lifts [raises] the poor from the ·dirt [dust] and ·takes [exalts] the ·helpless [needy] from the ashes.
113:8  He ·seats [enthrones] them with princes, the princes of his people [1 Sam. 2:8; Luke 1:52].
113:9  He gives ·children to the woman who has none [L the barren woman a home] and makes her ·a happy mother [L joyful with children]. Praise the Lord!