Psalms 113:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; ”

Psalms 113:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust - From the most humble condition in life. He exalts them to conditions of wealth, rank, honor. He has power to do this; he actually does it. This is not int...
Psalms 113:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the (c) needy out of the dunghill; (c) By preferring the poor to high honour and giving the barren children, he shows that God works not only in...
Psalms 113:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIII. God on High Cares for the Lowly. Psalms 113:7 . The dunghill is like Job's, waste and refuse heaped up outside the village and still the refuge of lepers and diseased persons of one kind o...
Psalms 113:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the poor . an impoverished one. the needy . a needy one. Compare 1 Samuel 2:8 .
Psalms 113:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 Who raiseth the poor from the dust In this passage, he speaks in terms of commendation of God’s providential care in relation to those diversified changes which men are disposed to regard...
Psalms 113:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 687 GREATNESS AND CONDESCENSION OF GOD Psalms 113:5-8 . 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 th...
Psalms 113:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; He raiseth up the poor - The poorest man, in the meanest and most abject circumstances, is an object of his mercif...
Psalms 113:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill. This prostration in the d...
Psalms 113:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. begins the group (113-118) known in the Jewish Church as the Hallel Psalms, or Hymns of Praise, from hillel, to praise. They are sung at the Passover Feast—Psalms 113, 114 before the secon...
Psalms 113:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Dunghill. — Literally, a heap of rubbish. “Before each village in Hauran there is a place where the household heap up the sweepings of their stalls, and it gradually reaches a great circumference...
Psalms 113:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 113:1-9 THIS pure burst of praise is the first of the psalms composing the Hallel, which was sung at the three great feasts (Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles), as well as a...
Psalms 113:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Mighty God Uplifteth the Lowly Psalms 113:1-9 ; Psalms 114:1-8 We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament “Magnificat” and it was embalm...
Psalms 113:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the first of six psalms which constitute the Hallel or Hymn of Praise, which the Hebrews sang at Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. This group is necessarily of special intere...
Psalms 113:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader, hath the Lord God been thus gracious to you, in your own instance? Do you know anything of that rich, free, sovereign grace, which manifests itself in raising sinners from the dust of death,...
Psalms 113:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust ,.... Persons of mean extraction and in low life are sometimes raised by him to great honour and dignity, as Saul, David, and others; and is true of many who a...
Psalms 113:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; Ver. 7. He raiseth up the poor, &c. ] David, for instance, besides many others, as Agathocles, Numa, Maximi...
Psalms 113:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He raiseth up the poor Yet, great and glorious as he is, he stoops so low as to regard and advance those whom all men, even their own brethren, slight and despise; out of the dust , &c. From a...
Psalms 113:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call to Praise God; God's Greatness and Condescension. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise, O ye servants of the L ORD , p...
Psalms 113:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He raiseth up the poor; yea, he stoops so low as to regard and advance those whom all men, and even their own brethren, slight and despise. Out of the dust; from a most contemptible and miserable...
Psalms 113:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Another of the Hallelujah Psalms 2 . Date and authorship unknown. 3. The first of six Psalms in the Jewish liturgy (113–118) termed Hallel, or the Egyptian Hallel , as distinguis...
Psalms 113:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We will read, this evening, two passages in the Word of God; the first will be Psalms 113:1 . Psalms 113:1 . Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD...
Psalms 113:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This and the five following psalms form the great HALLEL, or hymn of praise, sung at the passover and other festivals of the Jews. They celebrate, as the word imports, the shinings forth, eradiation...
Psalms 113:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Praise the name of the Lord. Highest service and the highest Being I. The highest service in which intelligent creatures can engage. What is praise? Not verbal laudation, however enthusiastic i...
Psalms 113:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is the first of the "Hallel" psalms, or of those sung at the Feasts of the Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. It is a "Hallelujah psalm," like the two preceding, but is not al...
Psalms 113:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise of God's Mercy toward the Lowly.
Psalms 113:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:21 ; 1 Peter 3:22 ; 1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; 1 Samuel 24:14 ; 2 Samuel 7:8 ; 2 Samuel 7:9 ; Acts 2:31-33 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Daniel 12:3 ; Ephesians 1:20 ; Ephesians 1:21 ; Ez...

Psalms 113:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 113:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 113:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 113:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 113:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 113:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 113:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 113:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 113:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 113:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 113:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 113:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 113:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 113:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 113:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 113:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge