“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.^[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;^(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”^(C)

⁷ The Lord sends poverty and wealth;^(A)
    he humbles and he exalts.^(B)
8 He raises^(C) the poor^(D) from the dust^(E)
    and lifts the needy^(F) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.^(G)

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

⁸ You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(A) rises up and testifies against me.^(B)

²⁶ For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.^(A)

¹⁷ You bring new witnesses against me^(A)
    and increase your anger toward me;^(B)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.^(C)