1 Yahweh said to my Lord, "Sit in the highest position in heaven until I make your enemies your footstool."

2 Yahweh will extend your powerful scepter from Zion.

Rule your enemies who surround you.

3 Your people will volunteer when you call up your army.

Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew in the early morning.a 4 Yahweh has taken an oath and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest."

5 Adonay is at your right side.

He will crush kings on the day of his anger.

6 He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies.

Throughout the earth he will crush their heads.

7 He will drink from the brook along the road.

He will hold his head high.

Psalm 111b 1 Hallelujah!

I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart in the company of decent people and in the congregation.

2 Yahweh's deeds are spectacular.

They should be studied by all who enjoy them.

3 His work is glorious and majestic.

His righteousness continues forever.

4 He has made his miracles unforgettable.

Yahweh is merciful and compassionate.

5 He provides food for those who fear him.

He always remembers his promise.a 6 He has revealed the power of his works to his people by giving them the lands of other nations as an inheritance.

7 His works are done with truth and justice.

All his guiding principles are trustworthy.

8 They last forever and ever.

They are carried out with truth and decency.

9 He has sent salvation to his people.

He has ordered that his promise should continue forever.

His name is holy and terrifying.

10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.

Good sense is shown by everyone who follows God's guiding principles.

His praise continues forever.

Psalm 112b 1 Hallelujah!

Blessed is the person who fears Yahweh and is happy to obey his commands.

2 His descendants will grow strong on the earth.

The family of a decent person will be blessed.

3 Wealth and riches will be in his home.

His righteousness continues forever.

4 Light will shine in the dark for a decent person.

He is merciful, compassionate, and fair.

5 All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly.

He earns an honest living.

6 He will never fail.

A righteous person will always be remembered.

He is not afraid of bad news.

His heart remains secure, full of confidence in Yahweh .

8 His heart is steady, and he is not afraid.

In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies.

9 He gives freely to poor people.

His righteousness continues forever.

His head is raised in honor.

10 The wicked person sees this and becomes angry.

He angrily grits his teeth and disappears.

The hope that wicked people have will vanish.

Psalm 113 1 Hallelujah!

You servants of Yahweh, praise him.

Praise the name of Yahweh.

2 Thank the name of Yahweh now and forever.

3 From where the sun rises to where the sun sets, the name of Yahweh should be praised.

4 Yahweh is high above all the nations.

His glory is above the heavens.

5 Who is like Yahweh our Elohim ?

He is seated on his high throne.

6 He bends down to look at heaven and earth.

7 He lifts the poor from the dust.

He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.

8 He seats them with influential people, with the influential leaders of his people.

9 He makes a woman who is in a childless home a joyful mother.

Hallelujah!

Psalm 114 1 When Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's family left people who spoke a foreign language, 2 Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom.

3 The Red Sea looked at this and ran away.

The Jordan River turned back.

4 The mountains jumped like rams.

The hills jumped like lambs.

5 Red Sea, why did you run away?

Jordan River, what made you turn back?

6 Mountains, what made you jump like rams?

Hills, what made you jump like lambs?

7 Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, in the presence of the Elohim of Jacob.

8 He turns a rock into a pool filled with water and turns flint into a spring flowing with water.

Psalm 115 1 Don't give glory to us, O Yahweh.

Don't give glory to us.

Instead, give glory to your name because of your mercy and faithfulness.

2 Why should other nations say, "Where is their Elohim?"

3 Our Elohim is in heaven.

He does whatever he wants.

4 Their idols are made of silver and gold.

They were made by human hands.a 5 They have mouths, but they cannot speak.

They have eyes, but they cannot see.

6 They have ears, but they cannot hear.

They have noses, but they cannot smell.

7 They have hands, but they cannot feel.

They have feet, but they cannot walk.

They cannot even make a sound with their throats.

8 Those who make idols end up like them.

So does everyone who trusts them.

9 Israel, trust Yahweh.

He is your helper and your Magen .

10 Descendants of Aaron, trust Yahweh.

He is your helper and your Magen .

11 If you fear Yahweh, trust Yahweh.