Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

New American Standard Bible

He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

King James Version

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

International Standard Version

He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile

A Conservative Version

He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,

American Standard Version

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

Amplified


He raises the poor out of the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Bible in Basic English

He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

Darby Translation

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

Julia Smith Translation

Raising up the poor from the dust, he will lift up the needy from the dunghill.

King James 2000

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,

Modern King James verseion

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire,

NET Bible

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

New Heart English Bible

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

The Emphasized Bible

That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy;

Webster

He raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

World English Bible

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

Youngs Literal Translation

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He raiseth up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

out of the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

and lifteth
רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 189

the needy
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

References

Easton

Fausets

Prayers for Psalm 113:7

Context Readings

God's Majesty And Care For The Needy

6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile
8 in order to seat them with nobles—
with the nobles of His people.


Cross References

Psalm 107:41

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth;
He humbles and He exalts.

1 Samuel 24:14

Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A flea?

2 Samuel 7:8-9

“Now this is what you are to say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.

Job 2:8

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Job 5:11

He sets the lowly on high,
and mourners are lifted to safety.

Job 5:15-16

He saves the needy from their sharp words
and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 36:6-7

He does not keep the wicked alive,
but He gives justice to the afflicted.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.

Psalm 75:6-7

Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

Ezekiel 17:24

Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am Yahweh.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.
I, Yahweh, have spoken
and I will do it.

Ezekiel 21:26-27

This is what the Lord God says:

Remove the turban, and take off the crown.
Things will not remain as they are;
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

Daniel 12:2-3

Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

Luke 1:52-53

He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.

Acts 2:31-33

Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:

He was not left in Hades,
and His flesh did not experience decay.

Ephesians 1:20-21

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

1 Peter 3:21-22

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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