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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Psalms 113
113
1Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah.
2The name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age.
3From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised [is] the name of Jehovah.
4High above all nations [is] Jehovah, Above the heavens [is] his honour.
5Who [is] as Jehovah our God, He is exalting [Himself] to sit?
6He is humbling [Himself] to look On the heavens and on the earth.
7He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.
8To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.
9Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
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