Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Yisra'el, and you have walked in the way of Yarov`am, and have made my people Yisra'el to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
Psalm 113:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap; 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: |
Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Yisra'el, and you have walked in the way of Yarov`am, and have made my people Yisra'el to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
All the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, 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, the LORD, have spoken and have done it.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
After whom is the king of Yisra'el come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.