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that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Psalms 113:8 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
  • BSB to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
  • NKJV That He may seat him with princes— With the princes of His people.
  • NASB To seat them with noblemen, With the noblemen of His people.
  • NLT He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • Job 36:7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
  • Phil 2:8–11And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
  • Gen 41:41Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
  • Ps 45:16Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
  • Ps 68:13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
  • Rev 5:9–10They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 113:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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