⁷ Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous^(A) will your future be.^(B)

²⁷ You save the humble^(A)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.^(B)

⁶ The Lord sustains the humble^(A)
    but casts the wicked^(B) to the ground.

² Has not my hand made all these things,^(A)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,^(B)
    and who tremble at my word.^(C)