Psalms 113:7
He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.
Young's Literal Translation
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 to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause [them] to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah [are] the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.
2 Samuel 7:8and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;
Job 2:8And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Job 5:15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
Psalms 22:15Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
Psalms 107:41And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth 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 →