Show Don't Tell: Psalm 113

Instead of saying "God exalts the humble," watch him stoop. First of the Egyptian Hallel (113-118), sung at Passover. "Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, you his servants; praise the name of the LORD. Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore." Six 'praise' commands in three verses. "From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised." Sunrise to sunset—all day, every longitude. "The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens." Higher than sky, beyond nations. Then the question: "Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?" God so high that looking at heavens requires stooping. The answer: "He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people. He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD." Dust to princes, ash heap to throne, barren to mother. Hannah's song echoed here.