2. The Lord’s name should be praisednow and forever.
3. The Lord’s name should be praisedfrom where the sun rises to where it sets.
4. The Lord is supreme over all the nations;his glory reaches to the skies.
5. No one is like the Lord our God,who rules from heaven,
6. who bends down to lookat the skies and the earth.
7. The Lord lifts the poor from the dirtand takes the helpless from the ashes.
8. He seats them with princes,the princes of his people.
9. He gives children to the woman who has noneand makes her a happy mother.Praise the Lord!