Psalm 113:7

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Summary

Psalm 113:7

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Raiseth

James 2:5

Out of

Needy

Job 36:6

Bible References

Raiseth

For [it is] not from [the] east or [the] west and not from [the] south [that] lifting up [comes],

But he protects [the] needy from misery, and he makes [their] families like a flock.

to set [the] lowly on high, and [those] mourning are lifted to safety.

And all of the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, I will bring low a high tree, [and] I will exalt a low, fresh tree, and I will make a dry tree flourish. I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will do [it].'"

thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Remove the turban and lift off the crown; things [are] no longer the same. Exalt the low and bring low the high.

He has brought down rulers from [their] thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

Out of

My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking [to] my jaws; and you have placed me in [the] dust of death.

Your dead shall live; {their corpses} shall rise. Wake up and sing for joy, dwellers of [the] dust, for your dew [is] {celestial dew}, and the earth will give birth to dead spirits.

And many from [those] sleeping {in the dusty ground} will awake, some to {everlasting life} and some to disgrace and {everlasting contempt}.

[by] having foreseen [this], he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay.

which he has worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places],

And also, corresponding to [this], baptism now saves you, not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Needy

Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts.

After whom did the king of Israel go out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? After one flea?

So then, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "I took you from the pasture {from following} the sheep to be a leader over my people, over Israel,

{So} he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.