1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust, || He lifts up the needy from a dunghill, || To cause [them] to sit with nobles, || Indeed, He causes them to inherit a throne of glory, || For the fixtures of earth [are] of YHWH, || And He sets the habitable world on them.

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In The King James Version

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.

In Context

7YHWH dispossesses, and He makes rich, || He makes low, indeed, He makes high.

9He keeps the feet of His saints, || And the wicked are silent in darkness, || For man does not become mighty by power.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:40you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8And now, thus you say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have taken you from the pasture, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;

Job 36:6He does not revive the wicked, || And appoints the judgment of the poor;

Job 38:4Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare, if you have known understanding.

Job 38:6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who has cast its cornerstone—

Psalms 24:2For He has founded it on the seas, || And He establishes it on 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 →

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