Study it in the app“He raises the poor from the dust; from the ash heap he lifts the needy, to make them sit with nobles, and he makes them inherit a throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are YHWH’s, and on them he has set the world.”
He raisesמֵקִיםthe poorדָּלfrom the dust;מֵעָפָרfrom the ash heapמֵאַשְׁפֹּתhe liftsיָרִיםthe needy,אֶבְיוֹןto make them sitלְהוֹשִׁיבwithעִםnobles,נְדִיבִיםandוְhe makes them inheritיַנְחִלֵםa throneכִסֵּאof glory.כָבוֹדForכִּיthe pillarsמְצֻקֵיof the earthאֶרֶץareYHWH’s,לַיהוָהand on themעֲלֵיהֶםhe has setוַיָּשֶׁתthe world.תֵּבֵל
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “mekim” appearspoor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dal” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsash heap
Ash heap, dunghill: the place outside a city where rubbish and ashes are thrown.
Where else “ashpot” appearslift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “yarim” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “hoshiv” appearsnoble
A man of rank who governs or decides; the prince of a people.
Where else “nedivim” appearsinherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yanchile” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chise” appearsglory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chavod” appearspillar
Pillar, column that holds something up; a rare word.
Where else “metsuke” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsput
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yashet” appearsworld
The world: the inhabited earth.
Where else “tevel” appears7YHWH makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, and also lifts up.
8 · This verse (above)
9The feet of his faithful ones he guards, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for not by strength does a man prevail.
