1 Samuel 2:6-8

New Living Translation

⁶ The Lord gives both death and life;
    he brings some down to the grave^[a] but raises others up.
⁷ The Lord makes some poor and others rich;
    he brings some down and lifts others up.
⁸ He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the Lord’s,
    and he has set the world in order.