1 Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of the Lord;
praise the name of the Lord.

2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and forever.

3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of the Lord be praised.

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

5 Who is like the Lord our God —
the one enthroned on high,

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

7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the trash heap

8 in order to seat them with nobles —
with the nobles of his people.

9 He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!