English Standard Version
Psalms 113:7
7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
Psalms 113:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
- New International Version (NIV)He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
- New King James Version (NKJV)He raises the poor out of the dust, And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
- New Living Translation (NLT)He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump.
Context of Psalms 113:7
5Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, 6who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? He 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. 9He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
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מְקִֽימִ֣י מֵעָפָ֣ר דָּ֑ל מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 113:7
- Psalms 75:6For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
- Psalms 107:41but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.
- Job 5:11he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it."
- Ezekiel 21:26thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted.
- Luke 1:52he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
- Psalms 22:15my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
- Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
- Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Ephesians 1:20that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
- 1 Peter 3:21Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
- 1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
- 2 Samuel 7:8Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.
- Job 2:8And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.
Commentaries on Psalms 113:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He raiseth up the poor - The poorest man, in the meanest and most abject circumstances, is an object of his merciful regards. He may here allude to the wretched state of the captives in Babylon, whom God raised up out of that dust and dunghill. Others apply it to the resurreetion of the dead.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust - From the most humble condition in life. He exalts them to conditions of wealth, rank, honor. He has power to do this; he actually does it. This is not intended to be affirmed as a universal truth, or to assert that it is always done, but that it is among the things which show his majesty, his power, and his goodness, and which lay the foundation for praise. And lifteth the needy out of the dunghill - From the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8These phrases are a quotation from Hannah’s prayer of praise (1 Samuel 2:8–9a).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. which condescension is illustrated as often in raising the worthy poor and needy to honor (compare 1Sa 2:8; Psa 44:25).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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