^7 (A)The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    ^(B)he brings low and he exalts.
^8 (C)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^(D)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
^(E)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

¹⁶ for ^(A)the wind passes over it, and ^(B)it is gone,
    and ^(C)its place knows it no more.

⁷ He ^(A)raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,