“Because I raised you up out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Yisra’ĕ
Psalm 113:7 - The Scriptures 1998 He raises the poor out of the dust, Lifts the needy from a dunghill, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The Lord] raises the poor out of the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap and the dung hill, American Standard Version (1901) He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; Common English Bible God lifts up the poor from the dirt and raises up the needy from the garbage pile Catholic Public Domain Version Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob: |
“Because I raised you up out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Yisra’ĕ
And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
to set the lowly on high, and those who mourn shall be lifted to safety,
But He raises the poor up from affliction, And makes their clans like a flock.
My strength is dried like a potsherd, And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws; And to the dust of death You are appointing Me.
Let Your dead live, together with my dead body, let them arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; for Your dew is a dew of light, and let the earth give birth to the departed spirits.
“And all the trees of the field shall know that I, יהוה, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish. I, יהוה, have spoken and shall do it.”
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has Elohim not chosen the poor of this world, rich in belief and heirs of the reign which He promised to those who love Him?