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

10 “Those who oppose Yahweh are broken into pieces.
    He thunders at them from the heavens.
Yahweh judges the ends of the earth.
    He gives strength to his King
        and lifts the head of his Messiah.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:10 Or “Anointed One.”

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.
He will guard the feet(G) of his faithful servants,(H)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(I)

“It is not by strength(J) that one prevails;
10     those who oppose the Lord will be broken.(K)
The Most High will thunder(L) from heaven;
    the Lord will judge(M) the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength(N) to his king
    and exalt the horn(O) of his anointed.”

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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.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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