1 Samuel 2:4-8

Good News Translation

⁴The bows of strong soldiers are broken,
    but the weak grow strong.
⁵The people who once were well fed
    now hire themselves out to get food,
    but the hungry are hungry no more.
The childless wife has borne seven children,
    but the mother of many is left with none.
⁶^(A)The Lord kills and restores to life;
    he sends people to the world of the dead
    and brings them back again.
⁷He makes some people poor and others rich;
    he humbles some and makes others great.
⁸He lifts the poor from the dust
    and raises the needy from their misery.
He makes them companions of princes
    and puts them in places of honor.
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord;
    on them he has built the world.