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

He raises the poor from the dust [And] lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set [them] among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD's, And He has set the world upon them.

"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes [their] families like a flock.

"And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done [it."]

He has put down the mighty from [their] thrones, And exalted [the] lowly.

He has filled [the] hungry with good things, And [the] rich He has sent away empty.

Blessed [are you] who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed [are you] who weep now, For you shall laugh.

Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

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

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle [you.]

The eternal God [is your] refuge, And underneath [are] the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!'

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,