1 Samuel 2:7-9

Complete Jewish Bible

⁷ Adonai makes poor, and he makes rich;
he humbles, and he exalts.
⁸ He raises the poor from the dust,
lifts up the needy from the trash pile;
he gives them a place with leaders
and assigns them seats of honor.
“For the earth’s pillars belong to Adonai;
on them he has placed the world.
⁹ He will guard the steps of his faithful,
but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.
For it is not by strength that a person prevails —