Tehillim 113
113
1Praise ye Hashem. Praise O ye avadim of Hashem, praise the Shem of Hashem.
2Blessed be the Shem of Hashem from this time forth and forevermore.
3From the rising of the shemesh unto the going down of the same the Shem of Hashem is to be praised.
4 Hashem is high above kol Goyim, and His kavod above HaShomayim.
5Who is like unto Hashem Eloheinu, Who dwelleth on high,
6Who stoopeth down to behold the things that are in Shomayim, and in ha'aretz!
7He raiseth up the poor out of the aphar (dust), and lifteth the needy out of the ash heap;
8That he may seat him with princes, even with the princes of amo (His people).
9He settleth the akeret (barren woman) in her bais to be a happy em of banim.
Praise ye Hashem.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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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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