English Standard Version
Psalms 113:8
8to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
Psalms 113:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
- New International Version (NIV)he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That He may seat him with princes— With the princes of His people.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!
Context of Psalms 113:8
6who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? 7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to 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!
Read all of Psalms 113Psalms 113:8 word by word
לְהוֹשִׁיבִ֥י עִם־נְדִיבִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם נְדִיבֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 113:8
- Psalms 45:16In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.
- Psalms 68:13though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
- Genesis 41:41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."
- Philippians 2:8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
Commentaries on Psalms 113:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8With the princes - נדיבים nedebim, very properly translated by the Anglo-Saxon, the aldermen, the most respectable of his people.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8That he may set him with princes - May give him a rank - a position - with nobles and great people upon the earth. Many instances of this nature have occurred in the history of the world. Not a few of the nobles of England, including several of its lord chancellors, have been raised thus from very humble life; and in every nation God shows that he has power to give to those of humblest rank a name and place which no hereditary titles and honors can…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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