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Psalms 113:7
7He raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy out of the dunghill,
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;
- 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,
Context of Psalms 113:7
5Who is like Adonai our God, enthroned on high, 6who brings Himself down to look upon heaven and upon earth? He raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy out of the dunghill, 8to seat him with princes, with the princes of His people. 9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Halleluyah!
Read all of Psalms 113Psalms 113:7 word by word
מְקִֽימִ֣י מֵעָפָ֣ר דָּ֑ל מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 113:7
- Psalms 75:6Do not lift your horn up high. Do not speak with outstretched neck.”
- Psalms 107:41But He lifts the needy high above affliction, and makes their families like a flock.
- Job 5:11Who places the lowly on high and lifts mourners to salvation.
- Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I, Adonai, have brought down the high tree, exalted the lowly tree, dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree flourish. I, Adonai, have spoken and I will do it.”
- Ezekiel 21:26For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the start of the two roads, to seek divination. He shakes the arrows, consults the idols, he looks in the liver.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from thrones and exalted humble ones.
- James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom that He promised to those who love Him?
- Psalms 22:15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards.
- Isaiah 26:19Yet it will be: “Your dead will live! My corpses will rise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! Your dew is like the dew of the dawn. The land of dead souls will come to life!
- Daniel 12:2Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Ephesians 1:20This power He exercised in Messiah when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in heaven.
- 1 Peter 3:21Corresponding to that, immersion now brings you to safety—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but a pledge to God of a good conscience—through the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua.
- 1 Samuel 2:7Adonai makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and also lifts up.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Whom has the king of Israel come after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single flea?
- 2 Samuel 7:8So now, thus you shall say to My servant David: Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
- Job 2:8He took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting 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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