And the heavens shall declare His righteousness; for God is Judge. Pause.

And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.

who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill;

to set him with princes, [even] with the princes of His people;

The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; He brings low, and lifts up.

He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory;

For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject you from being king over Israel.

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for Me.

And Abner spoke to the elders of Israel, saying, In former days you sought David to reign over you;

and now perform [it]; for the Lord has spoken concerning David, saying, By the hand of My servant David I will save Israel out of the hand of all their enemies.

And before, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be for a leader to My people Israel.

And David said to Michal, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed [be] the Lord who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to make me head over His people, even over Israel. Therefore I will play and dance before the Lord.

And you shall commission them to say to their masters, Thus said the Lord God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters:

I have given the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.

And the nation and kingdom, all that shall not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and famine will I visit them, says the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.

He reveals deep and secret [things]; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with Him.

You, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honorable kingdom,

O king, the Most High God gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory.

He has overthrown the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you may ask the Father in My name He may give to you.

For if their casting away means reconciliation [for the] world, what will their acceptance be, if not life from the dead?

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,