Psalms 113:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְקִֽימִ֣י מֵעָפָ֣ר דָּ֑ל מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

Mǝqîmî mē'āpār dāl mē'ašpōt yārîm 'ebyôn

Grammar Details

• *Mǝqîmî*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - raising/lifting up
• *mē'āpār*: preposition *min* + noun, masculine singular - from dust
• *dāl*: adjective, masculine singular - poor/weak
• *mē'ašpōt*: preposition *min* + noun, feminine plural - from ash heaps/refuse piles
• *yārîm*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he lifts up/raises
• *'ebyôn*: adjective, masculine singular - needy/poor

Word Meanings

• *Mǝqîmî*: raising/lifting up/establishing
• *dāl*: poor/weak/low/thin
• *'ašpōt*: ash heaps/refuse piles/dunghill
• *'ebyôn*: needy/poor/destitute/beggar

Referenced Verses

• Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.
• 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
• 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel; 9 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
• Job 2:8 : 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
• Job 5:11 : 11 So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
• Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
• Job 36:6-7 : 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
• Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
• Ps 75:6-7 : 6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, [cometh] lifting up. 7 But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
• 1 Pet 3:21-22 : 21 which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ; 22 who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
• Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
• Dan 12:2-3 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree. 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
• Acts 2:31-33 : 31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he {G5590} left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.
• Eph 1:20-21 : 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places], 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
• 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.