1 Samuel 2:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ “The Lord causes people to die. He also gives people life.
    He brings people down to the grave. He also brings people up from death.
⁷ The Lord makes people poor. He also makes people rich.
    He brings people down. He also lifts people up.
⁸ He raises poor people up from the trash pile.
    He lifts needy people out of the ashes.
He lets them sit with princes.
    He gives them places of honor.

“The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord.
    On them he has set the world.