Psalm 113:7 {112:7}
Good News Translation
He raises the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from their misery

New Revised Standard Version
He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Contemporary English Version
God lifts the poor and needy from dust and ashes,

New American Bible
He raises the needy from the dust, lifts the poor from the ash heap,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

raiseth

Psalm 75:6,7 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills: . . .

Psalm 107:41 And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

Job 5:11,15,16 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn. . . .

Ezekiel 17:24 And all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree: and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 21:26,27 Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high? . . .

Luke 1:52,53 He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble. . . .

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

out of

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

Daniel 12:2,3 And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always. . . .

Ephesians 1:20,21 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places. . . .

1 Peter 3:21,22 Whereunto baptism, being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but, the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. . . .

needy

1 Samuel 2:7,8 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth: . . .

1 Samuel 24:14 After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

2 Samuel 7:8,9 And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel: . . .

Job 2:8 And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

Job 36:6,7 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. . . .

Context
The LORD Exalts the Humble
6and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? 7Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:8That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

Psalm 107:41
And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

Psalm 113:6
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