Psalm 113:7

The Passion Translation

He promotes the poor, picking them up from the dirt, and rescues the needy from the garbage dump.

Cross References

Psalm 107:41

But he raises up the poor and lowly with his favor, giving them a safe place to live where no one can touch them. God will grant them a large family and bless them!

Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who brings the tall tree low and raises the low tree high, who withers the green tree and makes the withered tree sprout again. I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it!”

James 2:5

So listen carefully, my dear brothers and sisters, hasn’t God chosen the poor in the world’s eyes to be those who are rich in faith? And won’t they be the heirs of the kingdom-realm he promised to those who love him?

Isaiah 26:19

But your dead will live again! Their bodies will rise from the dead! It’s time to awaken and sing for joy, you dwellers in the dust! As the glistening, radiant dew refreshes the earth, so the Lord will awaken those dwelling among the dead.

Psalm 22:15

I’m so thirsty and parched. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. And now you lay me in the dust of death.