1 Samuel 2:8
He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
Cross References
Genesis 41:40Thou shall be over my house, and according to thy word all my people shall be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than thou.
2 Samuel 7:8Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel.
Job 36:6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted [their] right.
Job 38:4Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.
Job 38:6Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it
Psalms 24:2For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:2-11
Hannah's Song. ( b. c. 1137.) 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord , mine horn is exalted in the Lord : my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that… Read the whole commentary →