Psalms 113
113
Psalm 113
1Hallelujah!
You servants of the Lord, praise him.
Praise the name of the Lord.
2Thank the name of the Lord now and forever.
3From where the sun rises to where the sun sets,
the name of the Lord should be praised.
4The Lord is high above all the nations.
His glory is above the heavens.
5Who is like the Lord our God?
He is seated on his high throne.
6He bends down to look at heaven and earth.
7He lifts the poor from the dust.
He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
8He seats them with influential people,
with the influential leaders of his people.
9He makes a woman who is in a childless home
a joyful mother.
Hallelujah!
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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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