8 He raises the lowly one from the dust;

He lifts up the poor from the ash heap,*+

To make them sit with princes,

Giving them a seat of honor.

To Jehovah belong earth’s supports,+

And he places the productive land upon them.

 6 He stoops down to look on heaven and earth,+

 7 Raising the lowly from the dust.

He lifts up the poor from the ash heap*+

 8 In order to make him sit with nobles,

With the nobles of his people.

15 For this is what the High and Lofty One says,

Who lives* forever+ and whose name is holy:+

“I reside in the high and holy place,+

But also with those crushed and lowly in spirit,

To revive the spirit of the lowly

And to revive the heart of those being crushed.+