2:4 The bows of warriors are shattered,
but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.
2:5 Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food,
but the hungry no longer lack.
Even 1 the barren woman gives birth to seven, 2
but the one with many children withers away. 3
2:6 The Lord both kills and gives life;
he brings down to the grave 4 and raises up.
2:7 The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy;
he humbles and he exalts.
2:8 He lifts the weak 5 from the dust;
he raises 6 the poor from the ash heap
to seat them with princes
and to bestow on them an honored position. 7
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,
and he has placed the world on them.
2:9 He watches over 8 his holy ones, 9
but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,
for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
2:10 The Lord shatters 10 his adversaries; 11
he thunders against them from 12 the heavens.
The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth.
He will strengthen 13 his king
and exalt the power 14 of his anointed one.” 15