1 Samuel 2:7-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁷The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth.
He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them.
⁸He raises the poor from the dust.
He lifts the needy from the trash heap
in order to make them sit with nobles
and even to make them inherit a glorious throne.

“The pillars of the earth are the Lord’s.
He has set the world on them.
⁹He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones,
but wicked people are silenced in darkness
because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.

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