Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
Psalm 113:7 - American Standard Version 2015 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,\par\tab And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
So that he setteth up on high those that are low,\par\tab And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,\par\tab And maketh {\i him} families like a flock.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd;\par\tab And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;\par\tab And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is {\i as} the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.\par
And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.\par
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world {\i to be} rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.