| International Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD! | 1Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD! |
| 2May the name of the LORD be blessed from now to eternity. | 2May the LORD's name be praised now and forevermore! |
| 3From rising to setting sun, may the name of the LORD be praised. | 3From east to west the LORD's name is deserving of praise. |
| 4The LORD is exalted high above all the nations; his glory beyond the heavens. | 4The LORD is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky. |
| 5Who is like the LORD our God, enthroned on high, | 5Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne? |
| 6yet stooping low to observe the sky and the earth? | 6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth. |
| 7He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile | 7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, |
| 8and giving him a seat among nobles— with the nobles of his people. | 8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people. |
| 9He makes the barren woman among her household a happy mother of joyful children. Hallelujah! | 9He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD! |
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