Psalms 113:7
He helps the poor up from the dust; he lifts the needy from the dump.
Free Bible 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
6He has to stoop low to look down on the heavens and the earth.
8He gives them positions of honor together with important leaders, with leaders of his own people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He helps the poor up from the dust; he raises the lowborn from the trash pile and seats them with the upper class in places of honor. For the foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.
2 Samuel 7:8So then, tell my servant David this is what the Lord Almighty says. I was the one who took you from the fields, from looking after sheep, to become a leader of my people Israel.
Job 2:8Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.
Job 5:15But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
Psalms 22:15My strength has dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth. You're burying me as if I'm already dead.
Psalms 107:41But he lifts the poor out of their troubles, and makes their families as big as flocks.
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 →