Psalms 113:7
He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
In Context
6and [yet] looks upon the low things in heaven and in the earth.
8that he may set him with rulers, even with the rulers of his people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
2 Samuel 7:8Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel.
Job 2:8And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.
Job 5:15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 107:41Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes [him] families like a flock.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 113:2-9
A Call to Praise God; God's Greatness and Condescension. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise, O ye servants of the Lord , praise the name of the Lord . 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord 's name is to be praised. 4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the… Read the whole commentary →