Psalms 113:9 · KJV
“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, {and to be} a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. {to keep...: Heb. to dwell in an house}”
— Psalms 113:9
Psalms 113 — Context
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8That he may set {him} with princes, {even} with the princes of his people.
9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, {and to be} a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. {to keep...: Heb. to dwell in an house}
Cross References
Psalms 68:6
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry {land}. {in families: Heb. in a house}
1 Samuel 2:5
{They that were} full have hired out themselves for bread; and {they that were} hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
Genesis 21:5-7
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 30:22-23
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou {that} didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou {that} didst not travail with child: for more {are} the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Luke 1:13-15
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she {was} barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, {thou} barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.