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Psalm 113:1

Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.

1Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.
2Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.
3From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.
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Notice

“Praise” appears three times in this short verse, making worship the shared work of YHWH’s servants and directing their attention to his name.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Ephesians 5:19–20speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both passages direct worship toward the Lord among people whose voices take part in that worship.
Psalm 135:1–3Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! Praise him, you servants of the LORD,The same command appears in both psalms: the LORD’s servants are to praise him and his name.
Psalm 135:20Both summon a named group to praise the LORD: his servants here, Levi and those who fear him there.
Psalm 145:10All your works will give thanks to you, LORD. Your saints will extol you.Praise belongs on the lips of God’s people in both texts, called servants here and saints in Psalm 145.
Psalm 134:1A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD’s house!Both address the LORD’s servants with a command to praise him; Psalm 134 locates them in his house at night.
Revelation 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”God’s servants receive the command to praise in both passages, with Revelation naming the small and the great among them.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. an ordinary day.

What the Bible says about worship →What the Bible says about gratitude →
One step

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Speak this verse aloud as praise to YHWH

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Encouragement

Your voice has a place among YHWH’s servants. The command is addressed to them together, and YHWH’s name is worthy of their praise.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).