1 Samuel 2:6-8

Complete Jewish Bible

⁶ “Adonai kills and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave, and he brings up.
⁷ Adonai makes poor, and he makes rich;
he humbles, and he exalts.
⁸ He raises the poor from the dust,
lifts up the needy from the trash pile;
he gives them a place with leaders
and assigns them seats of honor.
“For the earth’s pillars belong to Adonai;
on them he has placed the world.