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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust — From the most humble condition in life. He exalts them to conditions of wealth, rank…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
See 1 Samuel 2:8, from which the verses are taken; and compare to Luke 1:52.
So the heathen poet sang of Jove (Horace, Odes
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Have you never noticed that, in all these joyous songs to God, there is almost always one of these notes, that God abases the proud, and exalts the…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Who raiseth the poor from the dust. In this passage, he speaks in commendation of God’s providential care regarding the diverse changes th…
John Gill
JohnGill
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust
Persons of mean extraction and in low life are sometimes raised by him to great honour …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
God has praise from His own people. They have most reason to praise Him, for those who attend Him as His servants know Him best and receive most of…
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Albert Barnes
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