The LORD Exalts the Humble
(1 Samuel 1:1–8)

1Prayse ye the Lorde. Prayse God ye seruauntes: prayse ye the name of God.

2Blessed be the name of God: from this time foorth for euermore.

3The name of God is to be praysed: from the rising vp of the sunne, vnto the goyng downe of the same.

4God is high aboue all Heathen: and his glory aboue the heauens.

5Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all:

6(113:5) and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth?

7(113:6) He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust: and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll.

8(113:7) For to make him sit with the princes: euen with the princes of his people.

9(113:8) He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde.