52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

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52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
    but has lifted up the humble.(A)

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24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

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24 All the trees of the forest(A) will know that I the Lord bring down(B) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(C)

“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(D)’”

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10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(A)

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40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

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40 he who pours contempt on nobles(A)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.(B)
41 But he lifted the needy(C) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.(D)

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14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

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11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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11 The lowly he sets on high,(A)
    and those who mourn(B) are lifted(C) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(D) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.(E)
13 He catches the wise(F) in their craftiness,(G)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(H)

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The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.(B)
The Lord sends poverty and wealth;(C)
    he humbles and he exalts.(D)
He raises(E) the poor(F) from the dust(G)
    and lifts the needy(H) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(I)

“For the foundations(J) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

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who stoops down to look(A)
    on the heavens and the earth?

He raises the poor(B) from the dust
    and lifts the needy(C) from the ash heap;
he seats them(D) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.

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14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

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14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

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Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.(A) 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(B)

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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

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Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[a] Judas and Simon?(A) Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:3 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph

11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

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Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(A) fallen shelter(B)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(C)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(D)

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24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

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24 Without inquiry he shatters(A) the mighty(B)
    and sets up others in their place.(C)
25 Because he takes note of their deeds,(D)
    he overthrows them in the night(E) and they are crushed.(F)
26 He punishes them for their wickedness(G)
    where everyone can see them,
27 because they turned from following him(H)
    and had no regard for any of his ways.(I)
28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
    so that he heard the cry of the needy.(J)

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