Psalm 113:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Gives the childless wife a home, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Isaac entreated the Lord on behalf of his wife, since she was sterile. The Lord heard his entreaty, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

2 Kings 4:17

Yet the woman conceived, and by the same time the following year she had given birth to a son, as Elisha had promised;

Psalm 68:6

Father of the fatherless, defender of widows— God in his holy abode,

Isaiah 54:1

Raise a glad cry, you barren one who never bore a child, break forth in jubilant song, you who have never been in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

Numbers 5:28

If, however, the woman has not defiled herself, but is still pure, she will be immune and will still be fertile.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children; break forth and shout, you who were not in labor; for more numerous are the children of the deserted one than of her who has a husband.”

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, while the hungry no longer have to toil. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.