52 (A)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
    (B)and exalted those of humble estate;

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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 am the Lord; (A)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (B)the green tree, and make (C)the dry tree flourish. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do 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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40 (A)he pours contempt on princes
    and (B)makes them wander (C)in trackless wastes;
41 but (D)he raises up the needy out of affliction
    and (E)makes their families like flocks.

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

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

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14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (A)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will 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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who (A)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?
He (B)raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them (C)sit with princes,
    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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11 he (A)sets on high those who are lowly,
    and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He (B)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (C)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
    and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

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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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(A)The Lord kills and brings to life;
    he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
(B)The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    (C)he brings low and he exalts.
(D)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(E)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
(F)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

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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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14 For he went (A)from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born 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 lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and (A)the rich in his humiliation, because (B)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:10 Or a wild flower

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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(A)Is not this (B)the carpenter, the son of Mary and (C)brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And (D)they took offense 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

The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
    and raise up its ruins
    and rebuild 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 (A)shatters the mighty without investigation
    and sets (B)others in their place.
25 Thus, knowing their works,
    he (C)overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
26 He strikes them for their wickedness
    in a place for all to see,
27 because they turned aside from (D)following him
    and had no regard for any of his ways,
28 so that they (E)caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
    and he (F)heard 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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