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Psalms 113:9

113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. to keep: Heb. to dwell in an house

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He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise you the LORD.

What does Psalms 113:9 mean?

Psalms 113:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָקָר (ʻâqâr), יָשַׁב (yâshab), בַּיִת (bayith).

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He
maketh
the
barren
womanעָקָרʻâqâr/aw-kawr'/H6135sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
to
keepיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
house,בַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and
to
be
a
joyfulשָׂמֵחַsâmêach/saw-may'-akh/H8056blithe or gleeful
motherאֵםʼêm/ame/H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
of
children.בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Praiseהָלַלhâlal/haw-lal'/H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
ye
the
LORD.יָהּYâhh/yaw/H3050Jah, the sacred name
to
keep:
Heb.
to
dwell
in
an
house

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 113:9.

2 Chronicles 23:13

And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy

Genesis 12:15

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 21:21

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 24:28

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

Genesis 24:55

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. a few: or, a full year, or ten months

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

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What does Psalms 113:9 say?

Psalms 113:9 (King James Version) reads: "He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. to keep: Heb. to dwell in an house"

Is Psalms 113:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 113:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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