know this! He lifts them from the dust. The needy can know this! He elevates them from their low estate and seats them with princes, with the excellent of the earth. The barren woman can know this! He grants her a home and makes her like a joyful mother of children. Barrenness was a fearsome reproach among Jewish women. To be delivered from this curse was the occasion of the most extravagant joy, according to the Prayer Book Commentary. Application I was poor, but through faith in Christ I have become