Psalms 113
113
Psalm 113#sn Psalm 113. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign king of the world who reaches down to help the needy.
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise, you servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
2 May the Lord’s name be praised
now and forevermore!
3 From east to west#tn Heb “from the rising of the sun to its setting.” The extent is not temporal (“from sunrise to sunset”) but spatial (“from the place where the sun rises [the east] to the place where it sets [the west].” In the phenomenological language of OT cosmology, the sun was described as rising in the east and setting in the west.
the Lord’s name is deserving of praise.
4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations;
his splendor reaches beyond the sky.#tn Heb “above the sky [is] his splendor.”
5 Who can compare to the Lord our God,
who sits on a high throne?#tn Heb “the one who makes high to sit.”
6 He bends down to look#tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”
at the sky and the earth.
7 He raises the poor from the dirt,
and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,#sn The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.
8 that he might seat him with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He makes the barren woman of the family#tn Heb “of the house.”
a happy mother of children.#tn Heb “sons.”
Praise the Lord!
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Psalm 113
113
Praise for Exalting the Humble
1Praise ye the Lord.
Praise, O ye servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord.
2Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and for evermore.
3From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the same
the Lord's name is to be praised.
4The Lord is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens.
5Who is like unto the Lord our God,
who dwelleth on high,
6who humbleth himself to behold
the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8that he may set him with princes,
even with the princes of his people.
9He maketh the barren woman to keep house,
and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the Lord.
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