Psalm 113:7–114:1

⁷He raises the poor^y from the dust

and lifts the needy^z from the ash heap;

⁸he seats them^a with princes,

with the princes of his people.

⁹He settles the childless^b woman in her home

as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 114

¹When Israel came out of Egypt,^c

Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,