PSALM: 113 This psalm is used to change the heart of the ungodly and unbelievers.

 Its prayer is the prayer under Psalm 16.

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!

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.