1 Samuel 2:6-8

Living Bible

⁶ The Lord kills,

The Lord gives life.

⁷ Some he causes to be poor

And others to be rich.

He cuts one down

And lifts another up.

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.