The Psalm, 113, embodies the heart of this week's lessons--it actually embodies much of what is best in our tradition.

Who is like the LORD our God, who sits enthroned on high *
but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth?

6

He takes up the weak out of the dust *
and lifts up the poor from the ashes.

7

He sets them with the princes, *
with the princes of his people.

8

He makes the woman of a childless house *
to be a joyful mother of children.