1 Samuel 2:8

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honour.^[a]
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and on them he has set the world.

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1 Samuel 2:8 Gk (Compare Q Ms) adds He grants the vow of the one who vows, and blesses the years of the just

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