6The LORD brings death and gives life;
He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7The LORD sends poverty and wealth;
He humbles and He exalts.
8He 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.
— 1 Samuel 2:6-8