English Standard Version
Psalms 113:6
6who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?
Psalms 113:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
- New International Version (NIV)who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?
- New Living Translation (NLT)He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth.
Context of Psalms 113:6
4The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! 5Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? 7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, 8to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
Read all of Psalms 113Psalms 113:6 word by word
הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י לִרְא֑וֹת בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם וּבָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 113:6
- Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
- Job 4:18Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
- Job 15:15Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
- Isaiah 6:2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
- Psalms 138:6For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isaiah 66:2All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Commentaries on Psalms 113:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Who humbleth himself - So high that it is necessary he should stoop even to behold the things which seem most lofty to us; and who actually does stoop thus to regard the things which he has made in heaven and on earth. To behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! - More literally, “to look in heaven and in earth.” Even to look on heaven, high as it is to us - still more to look on earth, so insignificant as compared with the vast bodies in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Lord humbles himself to connect directly with his people (see Psalm 138:6; Philippians 2:6–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. God's exaltation enhances His condescension;Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 113
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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