The Lord lifts up the humble
(1 Samuel 1:1-8)
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Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.
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Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.
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From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.
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The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
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Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,
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who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
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He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,
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that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
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He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!