7 He makes some people poor and others rich; he humbles some and makes others great.

8 He lifts the poor from the dust and raises the needy from their misery. He makes them companions of princes and puts them in places of honor. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD; on them he has built the world.

9 "He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength.