Psalm 113 "O praise, you servants of the LORD; Sing praises to his holy name." Sing Psalms. 88 88 88

Psalm 113
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The image is only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; it is not intended as a one-to-one correspondence.
image: Samuel Dedicated by Hannah at the Temple by Frank W.W. Topham
There is a notable correspondence with Hannah's prayer in 1 Samuel 2, particularly verse 8.

1 Samuel 2
1
Hannah prayed, and said:

“My heart exults in Yahweh!
My horn is exalted in Yahweh.
My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.
2
There is no one as holy as Yahweh,
for there is no one besides you,
nor is there any rock like our God.
3
“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly.
Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth,
for Yahweh is a God of knowledge.
By him actions are weighed.
4
“The bows of the mighty men are broken.
Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
Those who were hungry are satisfied.
Yes, the barren has borne seven.
She who has many children languishes.
6
“Yahweh kills and makes alive.
He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
7
Yahweh makes poor and makes rich.
He brings low, he also lifts up.
8
He raises up the poor out of the dust.
He lifts up the needy from the dunghill
to make them sit with princes
and inherit the throne of glory.
For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s.
He has set the world on them.
9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones,
but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness;
for no man will prevail by strength.
10
Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.
He will thunder against them in the sky.

“Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth.
He will give strength to his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.

12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh. 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand; 14 and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh. 15 Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”

16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.” 17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering. 18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home. 21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

The metrical version reads:

PSALM 113 8 8 8 8 8 8

1 O praise, you servants of the LORD;
Sing praises to his holy name.
2 O blessèd be the name of God;
His praise for evermore proclaim.
3 From east to west the praise of God
Each day is to be spread abroad.

4 The LORD is high above the earth,
His glory far above the sky.
5 Who else is like the LORD our God,
The one who sits enthroned on high?
6 He is the one who stoops down low
To look on heav’n and earth below.

7 He raises outcasts from the dust
And from the ash-heap lifts the poor,
8 Exalting them to dignity,
With noblemen to sit secure.
9 The childless woman he’ll reward
With home and children. Praise the LORD!