Psalms 113:13-23

13 os habent et non loquentur oculos habent et non videbunt

14 aures habent et non audient nares habent et non odorabuntur

15 manus habent et non palpabunt pedes habent et non ambulabunt non clamabunt in gutture suo

16 similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea et omnes qui confidunt in eis

17 domus Israhel speravit in Domino adiutor eorum et protector eorum est

18 domus Aaron speravit in Domino adiutor eorum et protector eorum est

19 qui timent Dominum speraverunt in Domino adiutor eorum et protector eorum est

20 Dominus memor fuit nostri et benedixit nobis benedixit domui Israhel benedixit domui Aaron

21 benedixit omnibus qui timent Dominum pusillis cum maioribus

22 adiciat Dominus super vos super vos et super filios vestros

23 benedicti vos Domino qui fecit caelum et terram

Psalms 113:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 113

With this psalm begins the great "Hallel", which ends with Psalm 118; and was used to be sung at the Jewish festivals, particularly at the feast of tabernacles and of the passover; and is thought by some to be the hymn sung by Christ and his apostles, after the celebration of the Lord's supper; in which there are many things pertinent to that occasion as well as to the above feasts. This psalm is a song of praise for redemption by Christ, to be sung in Gospel times, when the name of the Lord should be known among all nations, from the rising to the setting sun. It is thought by some to be an abridgment of the song of Hannah, 1Sa 2:1-10, there is an agreement.