2:8 He lifts the weak 1 from the dust;
he raises 2 the poor from the ash heap
to seat them with princes
and to bestow on them an honored position. 3
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,
and he has placed the world on them.
9:24 So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel 4 said, “What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
1 tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”
2 tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.
3 tn Heb “a seat of honor.”
4 tn Heb “he” (also in v. 25); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in both places in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “the king’s.”
10 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew
11 tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.
12 tn Heb “whatever your hand will find.”