Tehillim (Psalms) 113
113
1Praise Yah! Praise, O servants of יהוה, Praise the Name of יהוה!
2Blessed be the Name of יהוה, Now and forever!
3From the rising of the sun to its going down, The Name of יהוה is praised.
4יהוה is high above all nations, His esteem above the heavens.
5Who is like יהוה our Elohim, Who is enthroned on high?
6He looks down on the heavens and in the earth;
7He raises the poor out of the dust, Lifts the needy from a dunghill,
8To make him sit with the nobles, With the nobles of His people,
9Causing the barren woman to dwell in a house, A rejoicing mother of children. Praise Yah!
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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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