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Psalm 113:9

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,
8that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
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The move from barrenness to a home with children makes the closing praise concrete, while touching a hope that can remain painful.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 68:6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.Both passages describe God giving a place within a household: the lonely receive families, and the barren woman becomes a mother.
Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his …The psalm celebrates God granting motherhood, while the angel announces that Elizabeth will bear a son in answer to Zacharias’s request.
Isaiah 54:1“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate …Both passages connect barrenness, children, and joy, with Isaiah commanding the barren woman to sing.
Galatians 4:27For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has …Both texts speak of a barren woman and children, linking that change with praise or rejoicing.
1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children …Both passages describe a barren woman becoming a mother, with Samuel’s text specifying that she has borne seven.
Genesis 21:5–7Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.Children are central to both passages; Genesis records Isaac’s birth when Abraham was one hundred years old.
Genesis 30:22–23God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.Both passages attribute the change in a woman’s ability to have children to God’s action.
Genesis 21:6Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”The psalm credits God with a woman’s joy, and Sarah credits God with her laughter.
John 16:21A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the …Both passages describe a mother’s joy in having a child, while John also names the anguish of childbirth.
2 Kings 4:17The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.Both passages describe a woman becoming a mother; Kings records a son’s birth as Elisha had said.
Where this verse fits

Miscarriage or infertility. answered prayer. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

This song gives no timetable or guarantee of children to every reader. Its praise names the Lord as the giver of this woman’s joy.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).