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

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)

⁶ who stoops down to look^(A)
    on the heavens and the earth?

⁷ He raises the poor^(B) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(C) from the ash heap;
⁸ he seats them^(D) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.

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)

⁶ “The Lord brings death and makes alive;^(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.^(B)
7 The Lord sends poverty and wealth;^(C)
    he humbles and he exalts.^(D)
8 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.