7 The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pile. 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.
9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a man does not prevail by his own strength.
10 Those who oppose the Lord will be shattered; He will thunder in the heavens against them. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. He will give power to His king;He will lift up the horn of His anointed.
11 Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
12 Eli’s sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord
13 or for the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling