Psalms 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Main message
Psalm 113:9 portrays the childless woman receiving a home and rejoicing as a mother, ending with praise.
Meaning in context
Psalm 113:7–9 · God lifts the lowly — The hymn celebrates God's care for the poor and needy and ends with the joy of the childless woman.
In its ancient setting, infertility could carry deep social vulnerability and shame. The verse celebrates reversal of exclusion; it is not a universal fertility promise.
Further teachings
God sees reproductive grief and exclusion
The closing image honors a woman whose social pain is reversed in the poem.
Cross References: Psalm 113:9.
Applications in daily life
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When walking with infertility or childlessness
Offer dignity, companionship, and care without simplistic promises.
Do not blame infertility on sin or weak faith, pressure people into treatment or parenthood, or guarantee conception.
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Common misreadings
This verse guarantees biological children to every faithful woman.
It is a poetic testimony of reversal, not a universal fertility contract.
Related Verses
- 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.”
- 1 Samuel 1:5
“But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.”
- Luke 1:7
“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”
- Genesis 30:22
“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.”
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Read a prayer for Bible Verses About Fruit of the Womb →How to Apply Psalms 113:9
Meditate on Psalms 113:9 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Barrenness in the Bible applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.
Sources & Method
Biblical text
Psalm 113:9 (en).
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