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Psalms 113:6

113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, dwelleth: Heb. exalteth himself to dwell
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

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Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

Who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

What does Psalms 113:6 mean?

Psalms 113:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁפֵל (shâphêl), רָאָה (râʼâh), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim).

Hebrew interlinear

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Who
humblethשָׁפֵלshâphêl/shaw-fale'/H8213to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
himself
to
beholdרָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
the
things
that
are
in
heaven,שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
and
in
the
earth!אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Condescension of God

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 113:6.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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What does Psalms 113:6 say?

Psalms 113:6 (King James Version) reads: "Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!"

Is Psalms 113:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 113:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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