Psalm 113:9

New English Translation

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

2 Kings 4:17

The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

Psalm 68:6

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

Isaiah 54:1

“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Numbers 5:28

But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.