Text -- Psalms 113:4-9 (NET)

113:4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky. 113:5 Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne? 113:6 He bends down to look at the sky and the earth. 113:7 He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, 113:8 that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people. 113:9 He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 113:4

¹ tn Heb “above the sky [is] his splendor.”

NET Notes: Psa 113:5

¹ tn Heb “the one who makes high to sit.”

NET Notes: Psa 113:6

¹ tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”

NET Notes: Psa 113:7

¹ sn The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.

NET Notes: Psa 113:9

¹ tn Heb “of the house.”

² tn Heb “sons.”