Psalms 113 (WEB)

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Chapter Text

113:1 Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

113:2 Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

113:3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

113:4 Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

113:5 Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,

113:6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

113:7 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

113:8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

113:9 He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "praise", "servants", "yahweh", "name", and "blessed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "praise" and "servants", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "praise" and "servants" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "praise" and "servants" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.