“Since I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, yet you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin, vexing Me with their sins.
Psalm 113:7 - Tree of Life Version He raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy out of 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: |
“Since I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, yet you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin, vexing Me with their sins.
He took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
But He lifts the needy high above affliction, and makes their families like a flock.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards.
Yet it will be: “Your dead will live! My corpses will rise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! Your dew is like the dew of the dawn. The land of dead souls will come to life!
Then all the trees of the field will know that I, Adonai, have brought down the high tree, exalted the lowly tree, dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree flourish. I, Adonai, have spoken and I will do it.”
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom that He promised to those who love Him?
Whom has the king of Israel come after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single flea?