1Sa 2:8 | NETfull | STEP | He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord , and he has placed the world on them.

1 Samuel 2:8

8 He lifts the weak ^{▼▼ Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”} from the dust;
he raises ^{▼▼ The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.} the poor from the ash heap
to seat them with princes
and to bestow on them an honored position. ^{▼▼ Heb “a seat of honor.”}
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,
and he has placed the world on them.