He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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(A)He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
(B)To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.

(C)“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.

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(A)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(B)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
(C)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

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10 My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,(A) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong(B) for them,
    the poor and needy(C) from those who rob them.”

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10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

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10 (A)All my bones shall say,
Lord, (B)who is like You,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”

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10 All my (A)bones shall say,
    “O Lord, (B)who is like you,
delivering the poor
    from him who is too strong for him,
    the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

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10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(A) God, you provided(B) for the poor.

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10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

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10 Your congregation dwelt in it;
(A)You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.

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10 your flock[a] found a dwelling in it;
    in your goodness, O God, you (A)provided for the needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:10 Or your congregation

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(A)
    and upholds the cause(B) of the needy.(C)

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12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

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12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.

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12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
    and (B)will execute justice for the needy.

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