1 Samuel 2:8

He lifts the weak ¹  from the dust; he raises ²  the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. ³  The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Ge 41:14,40; 1Sa 15:17; 2Sa 7:8; Job 2:8; Job 36:6,7; Job 38:4-6; Job 42:10-12; Ps 24:2; Ps 102:25; Ps 104:5; Ps 113:7,8; Ec 4:14; Da 2:48; Da 4:17; Da 6:3; Lu 1:51,52; Heb 1:3; Jas 2:5; Re 1:6; Re 3:21; Re 5:10; Re 22:5

¹ tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”

² tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.

³ tn Heb “a seat of honor.”