Psalms 113
113
Praise to the Merciful God
1Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of Yahweh;
praise the name of Yahweh. # Ps 34:22; 69:36; 135:1
2Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever. # Ps 115:18; 145:21
3From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of Yahweh be praised. # Mal 1:11
4Yahweh is exalted above all the nations, # Ps 99:2
His glory above the heavens. # Ps 57:5,11; 148:13
5Who is like Yahweh our God —
the One enthroned on high, # Ex 15:11; Ps 89:6
6who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth? # Ps 11:4; 138:6
7He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile # 1Sm 2:8; Ps 107:41
8in order to seat them with nobles —
with the nobles of His people. # Jb 36:7
9He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children. # 1Sm 2:5; Ps 68:6
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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