Proverbia 113:9

Nova Vulgata

Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum laetantem.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis ; sed nomini tuo da gloriam,

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis,
sed nomini tuo da gloriam:
super misericordia tua et veritate tua;
nequando dicant gentes:
Ubi est Deus eorum?
Deus autem noster in c�lo;
omnia qu�cumque voluit fecit.
Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum,
opera manuum hominum.
Os habent, et non loquentur;
oculos habent, et non videbunt.
Aures habent, et non audient;
nares habent, et non odorabunt.
Manus habent, et non palpabunt;
pedes habent, et non ambulabunt;
non clamabunt in gutture suo.
Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea,
et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
Domus Isra�l speravit in Domino;
adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.
Domus Aaron speravit in Domino;
adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.
Qui timent Dominum speraverunt in Domino; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.
Dominus memor fuit nostri,
et benedixit nobis.
Benedixit domui Isra�l;
benedixit domui Aaron.
Benedixit omnibus qui timent Dominum,
pusillis cum majoribus.
Adjiciat Dominus super vos,
super vos et super filios vestros.
Benedicti vos a Domino,
qui fecit c�lum et terram.
C�lum c�li Domino;
terram autem dedit filiis hominum.
Non mortui laudabunt te, Domine,
neque omnes qui descendunt in infernum:
sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino,
ex hoc nunc et usque in s�culum.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

maketh: Psalms 68:6, Genesis 21:5-7, Genesis 25:21, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 30:23, 1 Samuel 2:5, Isaiah 54:1, Luke 1:13-15, Galatians 4:27

keep house: Heb. dwell in an house

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:30 - barren Genesis 21:6 - God Numbers 5:28 - and shall Ruth 4:13 - the Lord 2 Kings 4:17 - General Ecclesiastes 3:2 - time to be born Luke 1:58 - her neighbours John 16:21 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He maketh the barren woman to keep house,.... Or "to dwell in the house", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and other versions; or rather "to cause the house to be inhabited"; to fill the house with inhabitants, to build up the house, as the barren woman, when made fruitful, does, as Rachel and Leah built up the house of Israel, Ruth 4:11. This may be applied to the church of God, as it is to the congregation of Israel by the Targum,

"who makes the congregation of Israel, which is like to a barren woman, that sitteth sorrowful, to dwell with the men of her house, full of multitudes.''

Jarchi interprets it of Zion, who was as a barren woman; see Isaiah 54:1 Galatians 4:27. It may be illustrated by the case of the primitive and apostolic church, which at first had but very few converts, but afterwards, both in Judea and in the Gentile world, had large numbers; as the church in the latter day will also have, when the fulness of the Gentiles is brought in, and the nation of the Jews born at once.

And to be a joyful mother of children; as the barren woman is when she becomes the mother of children; and indeed every woman rejoices when a man is born into the world, John 16:21, and so does the church of Christ and people of God, when souls are born again among them; this causes great joy among the saints; see Psalms 87:4.

Praise ye the Lord; not only for the church's fruitfulness, but for all the great and good things the Lord has vouchsafed to do for his people, mentioned in this psalm.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He maketh the barren woman to keep house ... - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to dwell in a house.” That is, to be at the head of a family. See the notes at Psalms 68:6. Compare 1 Samuel 2:5. This, too, is suggested as a reason why God should be praised and adored. In instances where all hope of posterity is cut off, he interposes, and diffuses joy through a dwelling. We may look abroad, and see abundant occasion for praising God, in his condescension to human affairs - in his lifting up the poor from the humblest condition - in his exalting those of lowly rank to places of honor, trust, wealth, and power; but, after all, if we wish to Find occasions of praise that will most tenderly affect the heart, and be connected with the warmest affections of the soul, they will be most likely to be found in the domestic circle - in the mutual love - the common joy - the tender feelings - which bind together the members of a family. In such a family, the words with which this psalm begins and ends, “Hallelujah,” “Hallelujah,” are especially appropriate; and if any community on earth should apply these words to itself it should be such a family, called upon by everything tender, holy, and lovely, to “praise the” Lord.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 113:9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house — This is a figure to point out the desolate, decreasing state of the captives in Babylon, and the happy change which took place on their return to their own land. These are nearly the words of Hannah, 1 Samuel 2:5.

ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH PSALM

The scope of this Psalm is the same with those that went before, that is, to excite men to praise God.

This Psalm contains three parts: -

I. An exhortation to God's servants to praise him.

II. A form set down how and where to praise him, Psalms 113:2-3.

III. The reasons to persuade us to it. 1. By his infinite power, Psalms 113:4-5. 2. His providence, as displayed in heaven and earth, Psalms 113:6.

I. The prophet exhorts men "to praise the Lord;" and,

1. He doubles and trebles his exhortation, that it be not coldly but zealously done, or else to show that he alone is worthy of praise.

2. "Praise the Lord, O ye servants," c.: They are to praise him, for he is their Lord praise him likewise with a pure heart.

II. The manner of praising him. Say,

1. "Blessed be the name of the Lord." Job 1:21.

2. "From this time forth," c.: In prosperity or adversity, in this life or the future.

3. "From the rising of the sun," &c.: In all places, even over all the world.

III: And now follow the reasons to persuade men to praise God.

1. Because of his majesty, infinite power, and glory, which extend not to earth alone, but heaven also: "The Lord is high above," &c.

2. Because of his providence, benignity, and bounty, which being united with so much majesty, appear the more admirable. "Who is like the Lord," &c. None in heaven or on earth are to be compared to him. "Yet he humbleth himself," &c. He is present with the highest angels, and with the poorest of his creatures, to help them.

In "humbling himself to behold the things on earth" he gives two instances: 1. In states and kingdoms. 2. In private families.

1. In states: "He raiseth up the poor," &c.: Let then no man say, that God does not regard them that are of low estate he raiseth up the poor, to the end "that he may set him with the princes," &c.

2. In private families: "He maketh the barren woman," &c. "Children are a heritage of the Lord." Some expositors refer the meaning of this last verse to the Church of the Gentiles: "Rejoice, O barren," &c. Isaiah 54:1.