Thematic Bible: Exalts


Thematic Bible




But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,


Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain