Psalms 113:9
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, because of thy mercy and thy truth;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
In Context
10lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?
Cross References
Genesis 25:21And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.
Numbers 5:28But if the woman have not been polluted, and be clean, then shall she be guiltless and shall + 5:28 Gr. give out seed.conceive seed.
2 Kings 4:17And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season was, being alive, as Elisaie said to her.
Isaiah 54:1+ 54:1 Gal. 4. 27. Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that dost not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,
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 →