Psalms 113:7
He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
In Context
6Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!
8That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.
2 Samuel 7:8Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.
Job 2:8And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.
Job 5:15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
Psalms 22:15My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 107:41Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.
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 →