Mazmur 113:6-9

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!

[113:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”

[113:7]  ² sn The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.

[113:9]  ³ tn Heb “of the house.”

[113:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons.”