1 Samuel 2:6-8

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁶ The Lord kills and brings to life;
    he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
⁷ The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    he brings low, he also exalts.
⁸ He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honour.^[a]
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and on them he has set the world.