113:4-5 The first reason God's servants should praise Him is that He is the glorious sovereign ruler over all the earth.
113:6-9 The second reason is that He condescends to pay attention to His creatures. One example of this is the way He occasionally exalts very poor or underprivileged people to positions of wealth and influence. He did this literally for Job and He does it spiritually for every believer. Another example is how He sometimes makes barren women conceive and bear children. Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Hannah received this blessing to name a few individuals. In view of God's promises to make the Israelites numerous, the ability to bear children was one they valued greatly.
The psalm closes as it opened with a call to praise the Lord. Psalms 115-117 end with the same exhortation.
The Lord is worthy of praise because He graciously gives great blessings to those who have no hope of obtaining them from any other source.
