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.

And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD."

You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are [ever] with me.

For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness [against me;] My leanness rises up against me [And] bears witness to my face.

And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien -- Because they do not fear Me," Says the LORD of hosts.