⁷ The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    he brings low, he also exalts.

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 honour.^[a]
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and on them he has set the world.

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.
⁹ He gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!