“I came naked from my mother’s womb,
    and I will be naked when I leave.
The Lord gave me what I had,
    and the Lord has taken it away.
Praise the name of the Lord!”

⁷ The Lord makes some poor and others rich;
    he brings some down and lifts others up.
⁸ He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the Lord’s,
    and he has set the world in order.

⁸ As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones.
    My gaunt flesh testifies against me.

²⁶ “You write bitter accusations against me
    and bring up all the sins of my youth.

¹⁷ Again and again you witness against me.
    You pour out your growing anger on me
    and bring fresh armies against me.