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A low gray refuse mound outside a small hill town’s plain wall at midday, thin smoke rising from it and one crow on top, under a huge clear sky.

Praise

Psalm 113

The One above the heavens bends down to the town dump. Sing this if you have ever been at the bottom.

9 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last HallelujahPsalm 113

The LORD Exalts the Humble

Hallelujah!

Give praise, O servants of the LORD;

praise the name of the LORD.

Blessed be the name of the LORD

both now and forevermore.

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From a high ridge, a vast curve of land with hazy ranges running out to both horizons under a small high sun.

From where the sun rises to where it sets,

the name of the LORD is praised.

The LORD is exalted over all the nations,

His glory above the heavens.

Who is like the LORD our God,

the One enthroned on high?

He humbles Himself to behold

the heavens and the earth.

Reflect

Look down

The LORD is “enthroned on high,” and He looks all the way down. Who is at the bottom near you? What would it be to look at them the way He does?

First light outside a small hill town’s plain wall: on a low gray mound of ash and refuse, a thin man in a torn, dust-colored cloak sits looking up as the sun’s first gold touches him.

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the dump

to seat them with nobles,

with the princes of His people.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

A hill-village courtyard in late afternoon shade: a mother laughing at a clay oven with three small children around her, the house door open behind.

He settles the barren woman in her home

as a joyful mother to her children.

Hallelujah!

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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

Psalm 113:7–8

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