1Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord.

2Let the name of the Lord be blessed from this time forth and for evermore.

3From the rising of the sun unto his going down the name of the Lord is praised.

4High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens is his glory.

5Who is like the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high?

6Who condescendeth to view what is done in the heavens, and on the earth?

7He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy:

8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

9He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of [her] household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.