1 Samuel 2:8-10

Living Bible

⁸ He lifts the poor from the dust—

Yes, from a pile of ashes—

And treats them as princes

Sitting in the seats of honor.

For all the earth is the Lord’s

And he has set the world in order.

⁹ He will protect his godly ones,

But the wicked shall be silenced in darkness.

No one shall succeed by strength alone.

¹⁰ Those who fight against the Lord shall be broken;

He thunders against them from heaven.

He judges throughout the earth.

He gives mighty strength to his king,

And gives great glory to his anointed one.”