^{6 Ref} The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

^{7 Ref} The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

^{8 Ref} Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.