1Sa 2:8, Luk 1:52 | ESV | STEP | He raises up the poor from the dust ; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor . For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s , and on them he has set the world .

d[See ver. 51 above]

e Job 5:11; Ps. 75:7; 107:40, 41; 113:7, 8; 147:6; Ezek. 21:26; [James 4:10]

1 Samuel 2:8

8 ^aHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^bto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^cFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

Luke 1:52

52 ^dhe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
^eand exalted those of humble estate;