⁵² He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

⁴⁰ He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.

⁴¹ And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

¹⁰ be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

²⁴ And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done `it'!'

⁹ And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,

¹⁰ and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

¹⁴ I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.

¹¹ In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

¹⁴ For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

⁶ He is humbling `Himself' to look On the heavens and on the earth.

⁷ He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

⁸ To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.

²⁴ He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

²⁵ Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

²⁶ As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

²⁷ Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

²⁸ To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

¹¹ To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high `in' safety.

¹² Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

¹³ Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

⁶ Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

⁷ Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

⁸ He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause `them' to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah `are' the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

⁴ Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.