1 Samuel 2:6-8

Modern English Version

⁶ “The Lord kills and makes alive;
    He brings down to the grave and brings up.
⁷ The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    He brings low and lifts up.
⁸ He raises up the poor out of the dust
    and lifts up the oppressed from the dunghill
to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a throne of glory.

“For the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord,
    and He has set the world upon them.