(A)He grants the [a]barren woman a home,
Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 113:9 childless

(A)God sets the solitary in families;
(B)He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But (C)the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even (A)the barren has borne seven,
And (B)she who has many children has become feeble.

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A Perpetual Covenant of Peace

54 “Sing, O (A)barren,
You who have not borne!
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
You who have not labored with child!
For more are the children of the desolate
Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

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27 For it is written:

(A)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”

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22 Then God (A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (B)opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away (C)my reproach.”

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Now (A)Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, (B)“God has [a]made me laugh, and all who hear (C)will laugh with me.” She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? (D)For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:6 Lit. made laughter for me

13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and (A)you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and (B)many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be (C)great in the sight of the Lord, and (D)shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, (E)even from his mother’s womb.

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21 Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; (A)and the Lord granted his plea, (B)and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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