The LORD Exalts the Humble
Psalms 113:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
- KJV
- Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
- WEB
- who stoops down to see in heaven and on the earth?
- ASV
- That humbleth himself to behold The things that are in heaven and in the earth?
- LSV
- He is humbling [Himself] to look || On the heavens and on the earth.
- YLT
- He is humbling [Himself] to look On the heavens and on the earth.
- DBY
- Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth?
- DRC112:6
- And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
- GNV
- Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!
- JPS
- That looketh down low upon heaven and upon the earth?
- LXXE112:6
- and yet looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth:
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י לִרְא֑וֹת בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם וּבָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br112:6
- καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ·
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
- Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
- Isaiah 6:2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
- Job 4:18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
- Job 15:15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 112:6 in some Bibles
- 113:6 in most Bibles