Psalms 113

Praise the God Who Stoops Down

3 passages

Overview

Psalm 113 opens the Egyptian Hallel with a universal summons to praise Yahweh across all times and places, then proclaims the paradox at the heart of Israel's faith: the God who infinitely transcends all creation freely stoops to raise the destitute from the dust and seat the barren woman among the honorable.

Passages

1–3Universal Call to Praise 4–6God's Transcendence and Condescension 7–9God's Saving Mercy Toward the Lowly

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Psalms 113

¹Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

²Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

³From the rising of the sun to its going down, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

⁴Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

⁵Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,

⁶who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

⁷He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

⁸that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

⁹He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

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