<p class="poetry">Men will be humiliated,p> <p class="poetry">they will be brought low;p> <p class="poetry">the proud will be brought low.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> impoverishes and makes wealthy;p> <p class="poetry">he humbles and he exalts.p>

<p class="poetry">He bends down to look<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">at the sky and the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Even if the forest is destroyed<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the city is annihilated,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> knocks down those who live in a high place,p> <p class="poetry">he brings down an elevated town;p> <p class="poetry">he brings it down to the ground,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he throws it down to the dust.p>

<p class="poetry">You deliver oppressed<n id="1" /> people,p> <p class="poetry">but you watch the proud and bring them down.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When people are brought low<n id="1" /> and you sayp> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Lift them up!&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">then he will save the downcast;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Scatter abroad<n id="1" /> the abundance<n id="2" /> of your anger.p> <p class="poetry">Look at every proud man<n id="3" /> and bring him low;p>

<p class="poetry">For God is the judge!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He brings one down and exalts another.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> lifts up the oppressed,p> <p class="poetry">but knocks<n id="1" /> the wicked to the ground.p>

<p class="poetry">A person&#8217;s pride<n id="1" /> will bring him low,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but one who has a lowly spirit<n id="3" /> will gain honor.p>

<p class="poetry">Men bow down to them in homage,p> <p class="poetry">they lie flat on the ground in worship.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t spare them!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you deliver oppressed<n id="1" /> people,p> <p class="poetry">but you bring down those who have a proud look.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">for it is better for him<n id="1" /> to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than to put you lower<n id="3" /> before a prince,p> <p class="poetry">whom your eyes have seen.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Proud men will be brought low,p> <p class="poetry">arrogant men will be humiliated;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> alone will be exalted<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in that day.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has planned a day of judgment,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> all the high and mighty,p> <p class="poetry">for all who are proud &#8211; they will be humiliated;p>

<p class="poetry">Proud men will be humiliated,p> <p class="poetry">arrogant men will be brought low;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> alone will be exalted<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in that day.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The tallest trees<n id="2" /> will be cut down,p> <p class="poetry">the loftiest ones will be brought low.p>

<p class="poetry">Moab<n id="1" /> will spread out its hands in the middle of it,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> will bring down Moab&#8217;s<n id="4" /> pride as it spreads its hands.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The fortified city (along with the very tops of your<n id="1" /> walls)<n id="2" /> he will knock down,p> <p class="poetry">he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.<n id="3" />p>