Tuesday, April 30, 2019

never saw this before

I don't know how many times I've read this psalm in the last 16 years - prolly 32+ times.

I don't think I noticed the words I underlined until today.

Juxtapose what the psalmist indicates about God's actions toward the poor with the current attitude that the poor are slackers, lazy, & working the system.

Curious...

Read the Bible every day without fail.

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Psalm 113
Praise the Lord!
Yes, give praise, O servants of the Lord.
    Praise the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the name of the Lord
    now and forever.
Everywhere—from east to west—
    praise the name of the Lord.
For the Lord is high above the nations;
    his glory is higher than the heavens.
Who can be compared with the Lord our God,
    who is enthroned on high?
He stoops to look down
    on heaven and on earth.
He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    even the princes of his own people!
He gives the childless woman a family,
    making her a happy mother.
Praise the Lord!

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