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Who can compare to the Lord our God,
who sits on a high throne?[a]
He bends down to look[b]
at the sky and the earth.
He raises the poor from the dirt,
and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,[c]
that he might seat him with princes,
with the princes of his people.
He makes the barren woman of the family[d]
a happy mother of children.[e]
Praise the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 113:5 tn Heb “the one who makes high to sit.”
  2. Psalm 113:6 tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”
  3. Psalm 113:7 sn The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.
  4. Psalm 113:9 tn Heb “of the house.”
  5. Psalm 113:9 tn Heb “sons.”