1 Praise the LORD!

2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from now on and forever.

3 From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised.

4 The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,

6 who stoops to look on the heavens and the earth?

7 He raises the weak from the dust and lifts the needy from the refuse heap,

8 to seat them with nobles, with the nobles of his people.

9 He gives the barren woman a home as a joyful mother of children.