He raises the poor from the dust(A)
and lifts the needy from the trash heap.(B)
He seats them with noblemen(C)
and gives them a throne of honor.[a]
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;(D)
he has set the world on them.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 DSS, LXX add He gives the vow of the one who makes a vow and he blesses the years of the just.

Nations rage, kingdoms topple;
the earth melts when he lifts his voice.(A)

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19 The earth is completely devastated;
the earth is split open;
the earth is violently shaken.

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