1 Samuel 2:8–9
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2:8He lifts the weak13 from the dust;
he raises14 the poor from the ash heap
to seat them with princes
and to bestow on them an honored position.15
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,
and he has placed the world on them.
2:9He watches over16 his holy ones,17
but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,
for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
Footnotes
- 13 Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”
- 14 The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.
- 15 Heb “a seat of honor.”
- 16 Heb “guards the feet of.” The expression means that God watches over and protects the godly in all of their activities and movements. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 are understood as indicating what is typically true. Another option is to translate them with the future tense. See v. 10b.
- 17 The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew in reading the plural (“his holy ones”) rather than the singular (“his holy one”) of the Kethib.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.
“For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
on them he has set the world.
He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.
“It is not by strength that one prevails;
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap.
He seats them with noblemen
and gives them a throne of honor.
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
he has set the world on them.
He guards the steps of his faithful ones,
but the wicked perish in darkness,
for a person does not prevail by his own strength.
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NLTNew Living Translation
He lifts the poor from the dust
and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the Lord’s,
and he has set the world in order.
“He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He raises up the poor from the dust.
From the ash heap he lifts up the needy,
to cause them to sit with noble people
and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh
and he has set the inhabited world on them.
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness,
because a man will not prevail by his might.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,
To set them among princes,
And to make them inherit the throne of glory:
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And he hath set the world upon them.
He will keep the feet of his saints,
And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;
For by strength shall no man prevail.
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