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Psalm 113:4–7

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113:4The Lord is exalted over all the nations;

his splendor reaches beyond the sky.2

113:5Who can compare to the Lord our God,

who sits on a high throne?3

113:6He bends down to look4

at the sky and the earth.

113:7He raises the poor from the dirt,

and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,5

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Heb “above the sky [is] his splendor.”
  2. 3 Heb “the one who makes high to sit.”
  3. 4 Heb “the one who makes low to see.”
  4. 5 The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord is high above all nations,

and his glory above the heavens!

Who is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

who looks far down

on the heavens and the earth?

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord is exalted over all the nations,

his glory above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God,

the One who sits enthroned on high,

who stoops down to look

on the heavens and the earth?

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord is exalted above all the nations,

his glory above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God—

the one enthroned on high,

who stoops down to look

on the heavens and the earth?

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord is high above the nations;

his glory is higher than the heavens.

Who can be compared with the Lord our God,

who is enthroned on high?

He stoops to look down

on heaven and on earth.

He lifts the poor from the dust

and the needy from the garbage dump.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh is high above all nations;

his glory is above the heavens.

Who is like Yahweh our God,

who is enthroned on high,

who condescends to look at

what is in the heavens and in the earth?

He raises the helpless from the dust;

he lifts the needy from the ash heap,

KJV 1900King James Version

The Lord is high above all nations,

And his glory above the heavens.

Who is like unto the Lord our God,

Who dwelleth on high,

Who humbleth himself to behold

The things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,

And lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;