but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

惟有神断定；他使这人降卑，使那人升高。

惟有上帝断定，他使这人降卑，使那人升高。

惟有神断定，他使这人降卑，使那人升高。

决定人尊贵的是上帝：祂擢升这个，贬抑那个。

而是由神来决定；他使这人降卑，使那人升高。

因为神是审判者，他降卑这人、高举那人；

惟有神斷定；他使這人降卑，使那人升高。

惟有上帝斷定，他使這人降卑，使那人升高。

惟有神斷定，他使這人降卑，使那人升高。

決定人尊貴的是上帝：祂擢升這個，貶抑那個。

而是由神來決定；他使這人降卑，使那人升高。

乃是上帝做判斷者，是他使這人降低，使那人升高。

因為神是審判者，他降卑這人、高舉那人；

惟上帝為士師、降此而升彼兮、

其權操自上帝、升降黜陟、咸其所主兮、

惟主掌權、使此降卑、使彼升高、升降黜陟、悉主操守、

或東或西。乃至遐壤。上下八方。靡可仰仗。

It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

God is the one who judges. He says to one person,“ You are guilty.” To another he says,“ You are not guilty.”

It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.

for God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another.

But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another.

But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.

But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

for God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another.

But God[ is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah

he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.

And Samuel said to him,“ The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

And David said to Michal,“ It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord— and I will celebrate before the Lord.

And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying,“ For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.Now then bring it about, for the Lord has promised David, saying,‘ By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

Give them this charge for their masters:‘ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:“ It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.“‘“ But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.

The Lord said to Samuel,“ How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you,‘ You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

Mankind will say,“ Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”

O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.

You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,

For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?