Job 5:11
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He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,