(A)The Lord kills and makes alive;
(B)He brings down to [a]Sheol and raises up.
(C)The Lord makes poor and rich;
(D)He brings low, He also exalts.
(E)He raises the poor from the dust,
(F)He lifts the needy from the ash heap
(G)To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
(H)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:6 I.e. the nether world