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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;
- English Standard Version (ESV)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, the One who sits enthroned on high, 6who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; 8he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people. 9He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy 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 75:6No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
- Psalms 107:41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
- Job 5:11The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- Ezekiel 17:24All the trees of the forest will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”
- Ezekiel 21:26this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
- James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
- Psalms 22:15My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
- Isaiah 26:19But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
- Daniel 12:2Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Ephesians 1:20he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
- 1 Peter 3:21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
- 1 Samuel 24:14“Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- 2 Samuel 7:8“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.
- Job 2:8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among 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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