“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.”
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor—the language of exaltation (*hirym* from *rum*, to lift up) transforms the lowest (dust, ash heap) into the highest (sitting with princes). This reversal is not chance but covenant fidelity.
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