# Psalms 113

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. Praise ye Jehovah. Praise, O ye servants of Jehovah, Praise the name of Jehovah. 2. Blessed be the name of Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore. 3. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah's name is to be praised. 4. Jehovah is high above all nations, And his glory above the heavens. 5. Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high, 6. That humbleth himself to behold The things that are in heaven and in the earth? 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; 8. That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people. 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah. (Psalms 113:1-9, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name. 2. Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more. 3. From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised. 4. Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. 5. Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high, 6. Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth? 7. He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap; 8. that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9. He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah! (Psalms 113:1-9, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. <sup>Praise ye: Heb. Hallelujah</sup> 2. Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 3. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. 4. The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5. Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, <sup>dwelleth: Heb. exalteth himself to dwell</sup> 6. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8. That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. <sup>to keep: Heb. to dwell in an house</sup> (Psalms 113:1-9, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah. 2. The name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age. 3. From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised [is] the name of Jehovah. 4. High above all nations [is] Jehovah, Above the heavens [is] his honour. 5. Who [is] as Jehovah our God, He is exalting [Himself] to sit? 6. He is humbling [Himself] to look On the heavens and on the earth. 7. He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. 8. To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people. 9. Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah! (Psalms 113:1-9, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness](/codex/100-verses-of-compassion-and-gods-goodness/), via [Psalms 113.7](/codex/psalms-113-7/)
- [Children in OT Theology](/codex/children-in-ot-theology/), via [Psalms 113.9](/codex/psalms-113-9/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.