NET Bible
"The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts."
— 1 Samuel 2:7, NET Bible
“Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up. ”
The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumbled have taken on strength.
The well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman has given birth to seven, but the one with many children has declined.
The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.
He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
The LORD shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The LORD executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”