1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, ye servants [of his], praise the name of the Lord.
2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this present time and for ever.
3 From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens.
5 Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places,
6 and [yet] looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth:
7 who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill;
8 to set him with princes, [even] with the princes of his people:
9 who settles the barren [woman] in a house, [as] a mother rejoicing over children.