Psalms 113:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts. 8 He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 “So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. 9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. 16 Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor. 7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
  • Ps 75:6-7 : 6 For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness. 7 For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.
  • 1 Pet 3:21-22 : 21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you– not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God– through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.
  • Ezek 17:24 : 24 All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!’”
  • Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud! 27 A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.’
  • Dan 12:2-3 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. 3 But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
  • Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
  • Acts 2:31-33 : 31 David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
  • Eph 1:20-21 : 20 This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms 21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
  • 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
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    6The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

    8He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.

  • Ps 113:8
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    8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

  • Ps 107:40-41
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    40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

    41Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

  • Ps 113:5-6
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    5Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

  • Job 5:11
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    11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

  • Luke 1:52
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    52He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

    13He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

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    14The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

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    12Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5Indeed, the LORD knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

    6It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Jas 4:10
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    10Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

  • Ps 10:10
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    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Ps 75:7
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    7For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

  • Ps 72:4
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    4He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

  • Job 5:15
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    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Ps 146:8
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    8The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
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    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

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    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Ps 69:33
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    33For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Job 30:19
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    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

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    27For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

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    17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.

  • Ps 35:10
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    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

  • Job 29:12
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    12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

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    2He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

  • Ps 69:29
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    29I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Ps 74:21
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    21Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name!