Psalms 113 – The LORD Who Lifts the Poor
Praise for a God high above the nations who still stoops to lift the poor and needy.
Opening a cluster of psalms known for temple praise, this chapter follows Psalms 112 by calling servants of the LORD to praise his name 'from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same.'
Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and forevermore.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, The Lord 's name is to be praised.
The Lord is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
Who is like the Lord, our God, who has his seat on high,
Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!