Psalm 113:9

Good News Translation

He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the Lord!

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.

2 Kings 4:17

But, as Elisha had said, at about that time the following year she gave birth to a son.

Psalm 68:6

He gives the lonely a home to live in and leads prisoners out into happy freedom, but rebels will have to live in a desolate land.

Isaiah 54:1

Jerusalem, you have been like a childless woman, but now you can sing and shout for joy. Now you will have more children than a woman whose husband never left her.

Numbers 5:28

But if she is innocent, she will not be harmed and will be able to bear children.

Galatians 4:27

For the scripture says, “Be happy, you childless woman! Shout and cry with joy, you who never felt the pains of childbirth! For the woman who was deserted will have more children than the woman whose husband never left her.”

1 Samuel 2:5

The people who once were well fed now hire themselves out to get food, but the hungry are hungry no more. The childless wife has borne seven children, but the mother of many is left with none.