The lowly He guides in justice, and the lowly He teaches His way.

But the lowly shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Jehovah upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.

Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those who are bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous.

Jehovah watches over the sojourners; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and He set the world upon them.

Seek Jehovah, all the meek of the earth who have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be that you shall be hidden in the day of the anger of Jehovah.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a meek and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in You.

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to desolation.

How have they been brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are fully brought to an end with destruction,

Jehovah watches over the sojourners; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those intending to live ungodly;

(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, his righteous soul was tormented from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds);