2  ⁱ“There is none holy like the Lord:

for there is none besides you;

there is ^jno rock like our God.

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.

9  ^t“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,

but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,

for not by might shall a man prevail.