⁵² He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
    and lifted up the lowly;^(A)

²⁴ All the trees of the field shall know
    that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
    I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
    and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
    I will accomplish it.^(A)

⁴⁰ he pours contempt on princes
    and makes them wander in trackless wastes,^(A)
41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
    and makes their families like flocks.^(B)

⁶ who looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?^(A)
7 He raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
⁸ to make them sit with princes,
    with the princes of his people.

¹¹ he sets on high those who are lowly,
    and those who mourn are lifted to safety.^(A)
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(B)
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness,
    and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

⁶ The Lord kills and brings to life;
    he brings down to Sheol and raises up.^(A)
7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    he brings low; he also exalts.^(B)
8 He 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 honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and on them he has set the world.^(C)