he sets ¹  the lowly ²  on high, that those who mourn ³  are raised ⁴  to safety.

Fools ¹  are placed in many positions of authority, ²  while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

It is better to be lowly in spirit ¹  with the afflicted than to share the spoils ²  with the proud.

A person’s pride ¹  will bring him low, ²  but one who has a lowly spirit ³  will gain honor.

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, “Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash ¹  the feet of the servants of my lord.”

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, ¹  take off the crown! Things must change! ²  Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud! ³ 

You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites ¹  or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. ² 

And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated ¹  throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. ²  Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.”

They ¹  must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly ²  and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

When those days ¹  were completed, the king then provided a seven-day ²  banquet for all the people who were present ³  in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. ⁴  It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.