1 Samuel 2:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    he brings low; he also exalts.^(A)
⁸He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and on them he has set the world.^(B)

⁹He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked will perish in darkness,
for not by might does one prevail.^(C)