…the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
…but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.