⁷ The Lord sends poverty and wealth;^(A)
    he humbles and he exalts.^(B)

⁷ It is God who judges:^(A)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.^(B)

¹¹ The lowly he sets on high,^(A)
    and those who mourn^(B) are lifted^(C) to safety.

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.^[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;^(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”^(C)

¹² The Lord Almighty has a day^(A) in store
    for all the proud^(B) and lofty,^(C)
for all that is exalted^(D)
    (and they will be humbled),^(E)

¹⁰ because of your great wrath,^(A)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.