who says to a king, ‘Worthless man’ and to nobles, ‘Wicked men,’

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.