⁷ The Lord sends poverty and wealth;^(A)
    he humbles and he exalts.^(B)
8 He raises^(C) the poor^(D) from the dust^(E)
    and lifts the needy^(F) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.^(G)

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

⁷ “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?^(A)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?^(B)

⁷ It is God who judges:^(A)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.^(B)

⁷ He raises the poor^(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(B) from the ash heap;
⁸ he seats them^(C) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.