Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 113:9

"He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah." — Psalms 113:9 (ASV)

He maketh the barren woman keep house... - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to dwell in a house.” That is, to be at the head of a family. See the notes at Psalm 68:6. Compare 1 Samuel 2:5.

This, too, is suggested as a reason why God should be praised and adored. In instances where all hope of posterity is cut off, he interposes and diffuses joy through a dwelling.

We may look abroad and see abundant occasion for praising God—in his condescension to human affairs, in his lifting up the poor from the humblest condition, and in his exalting those of lowly rank to places of honor, trust, wealth, and power.

But, after all, if we wish to find occasions of praise that will most tenderly affect the heart and be connected with the warmest affections of the soul, they will most likely be found in the domestic circle—in the mutual love, the common joy, and the tender feelings which bind together the members of a family.

In such a family, the words with which this psalm begins and ends, “Hallelujah,” “Hallelujah,” are especially appropriate; and if any community on earth should apply these words to itself, it should be such a family, called upon by everything tender, holy, and lovely, to “praise the Lord.”