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Psalm 113 in the KJV and most English Bibles
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Alleluia. Praise the Lord, ye servants of his, Praise the name of the Lord.
Ἀλληλούϊα. Αἰνεῖτε παῖδες Κύριον, αἰνεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.
...When ye hear sung in the Psalms, "Praise the Lord, ye children" (ver. 1); imagine not that that exhortation pertaineth not unto you, because having already passed the youth of the body, ye are either blooming in the prime of manhood, or growing gray with the honours of old age: for unto all of you the Apostle…
Let the name of the Lord be blessed, From this present time and forever.
Εἴη τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου εὐλογημένον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.
"Praise the Name of the Lord."...Let Him therefore be always proclaimed: "Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore".
From the rising of the sun to his setting, The name of the Lord is to be praised.
Ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου μέχρι δυσμῶν, αἰνετὸν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.
Let Him be proclaimed everywhere: "From the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same, praise ye the Name of the Lord".
The Lord is high above all the nations; His glory is above the heavens.
Ὑψηλὸς ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὁ Κύριος, ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ.
"The Lord is high above all heathen". The heathen are men: what wonder if the Lord be above all men? They see with their eyes those whom they worship high above themselves to shine in heaven, the sun and moon and stars, creatures which they serve while they neglect the Creator. But not only "is the Lord high above all…
Who is as the Lord our God? Who dwells in the high places,
Τίς ὡς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν; ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν,
"Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath His dwelling so high; and yet beholdeth the humble?" (ver. 5). Any one would think that He dwelleth in the lofty heavens, whence He may behold the humble things on earth; but "He beholdeth the humble things that are in heaven and earth" (ver. 6): what then is His high…
And yet looks upon the low things in heaven, And on the earth:
καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ·
Who lifts up the poor from the earth, And raises up the needy from the dunghill;
ὁ ἐγείρων ἀπὸ γῆς πτωχὸν, καὶ ἀπὸ κοπρίας ἀνυψῶν πένητα,
"He taketh up the destitute out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire" (ver. 7); "that He may set Him with the princes, even with the princes of His people" (ver. 8). Let not then the heads of the exalted disdain to be humble, beneath the Lord's right hand. For though the faithful steward of the Lord's…
To set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people:
τοῦ καθίσαι αὐτὸν μετὰ ἀρχόντων, μετὰ ἀρχόντων λαοῦ αὐτοῦ·
Who settles the barren woman in a house, As a mother rejoicing over children.
ὁ κατοικίζων στείραν ἐν οἴκῳ, μητέρα ἐπὶ τέκνοις εὐφραινομένην.
What then, brethren, if we have already heard of those humble things which are in heaven, lifted up from the mire, that they might be set with the princes of the people; have we by consequence heard nothing of the humble things which the Lord beholds on the earth? For those friends who will judge with their Lord are…
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