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He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
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God's Great Reversal
Commentators highlight that a core theme of praise in the Bible is God's tendency to turn the world's values upside down. This verse, echoed in the songs of both Hannah (1 Samuel 2:8) and Mary (Luke 1:52), celebrates how God exalts the humble and lowly. This "great reversal" is a consistent demonstration of His power and character, showing that no one is beyond His ability to lift up.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust — From the most humble condition in life. He exalts them to conditions of wealth, rank…
19th Century
Anglican
Dunghill. —Literally, a heap of rubbish. “Before each village in Hauran there is a place where the household heap up the …
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
Who raiseth the poor from the dust. In this passage, he speaks in commendation of God’s providential care regarding the diverse changes th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
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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