1 Samuel 2:4-8

New Catholic Bible

⁴ The bows of the mighty are broken,
    the feeble are clothed in strength.
⁵ The well-fed hire themselves out for bread,
    and the hungry cease to hunger.
The barren has borne seven times,
    while she who has many children grows faint.
⁶ The Lord kills and brings to life.
    He brings down to Sheol, and lifts up.
⁷ The Lord makes poor and makes rich,
    he humbles and he also exalts.
⁸ He raises the poor from the dust,
    and from the refuse he lifts up the beggar,
To seat them among princes,
    that they might inherit a throne of glory.
For the Lord’s are the pillars of the earth,
    and he has set the world upon them.