7  ^oThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;

^phe brings low and he exalts.

8  ^qHe raises up the poor from the dust;

he lifts the needy from the ash heap

^rto make them sit with princes

and inherit a seat of honor.

^sFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,

and on them he has set the world.

16  for ^vthe wind passes over it, and ^wit is gone,

and ^xits place knows it no more.

7  He ^mraises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,