6 “The Lord kills and makes alive;He brings down to the grave and brings up.
7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich;He brings low and lifts up.
8 He raises up the poor out of the dustand lifts up the oppressed from the dunghillto make them sit with princesand inherit a throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord,and He has set the world upon them.
9 He will guard the feet of His saints,but the wicked will be silent in darkness. “For by strength shall no man prevail.
10 The adversaries of the Lord will be broken to pieces;He will thunder against them out of heaven.The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to His kingand exalt the horn of His anointed.”
11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.
12 Now the sons of Eli were corrupt. They did not know the Lord.