Psalms 113:7
He is raising up the poor from the dust, || He exalts the needy from a dunghill.
Literal Standard 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 is humbling [Himself] to look || On the heavens and on the earth.
8To cause [them] to sit with princes, || With the princes of His people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust, || He lifts up the needy from a dunghill, || To cause [them] to sit with nobles, || Indeed, He causes them to inherit a throne of glory, || For the fixtures of earth [are] of YHWH, || And He sets the habitable world on them.
2 Samuel 7:8And now, thus you say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have taken you from the pasture, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;
Job 2:8And he takes to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, || And from a strong hand,
Psalms 22:15My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, || And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.
Psalms 107:41And sets the needy on high from affliction, || And places families as 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 →