113:6 He bends down to look 1
at the sky and the earth.
113:7 He raises the poor from the dirt,
and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, 2
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 3
a happy mother of children. 4
Praise the Lord!
1 tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”
2 sn The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.
3 tn Heb “of the house.”
4 tn Heb “sons.”