撒母耳记上 2:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他從灰塵中抬舉貧寒的人，從糞堆中提拔窮乏的人，使他們與顯貴同坐，承受尊貴的座位。大地的柱子屬於耶和華，他把全地安放在柱子上面。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 从 灰 尘 里 抬 举 贫 寒 人 ， 从 粪 堆 中 提 拔 穷 乏 人 ， 使 他 们 与 王 子 同 坐 ， 得 着 荣 耀 的 座 位 。 地 的 柱 子 属 於 耶 和 华 ； 他 将 世 界 立 在 其 上 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Hannah prayed: "The Lord has filled my heart with joy; I feel very strong in the Lord . I can laugh at my enemies; I am glad because you have helped me! ² "There is no one holy like the Lord . There is no God but you; there is no Rock like our God. ³ "Don't continue bragging, don't speak proud words. The Lord is a God who knows everything, and he judges what people do. ⁴ "The bows of warriors break, but weak people become strong. ⁵ Those who once had plenty of food now must work for food, but people who were hungry are hungry no more. The woman who could not have children now has seven, but the woman who had many children now is sad. ⁶ "The Lord sends death, and he brings to life. He sends people to the grave, and he raises them to life again. ⁷ The Lord makes some people poor, and others he makes rich. He makes some people humble, and others he makes great. ⁸ The Lord raises the poor up from the dust, and he lifts the needy from the ashes. He lets the poor sit with princes and receive a throne of honor. "The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord , and the Lord set the world upon them. ⁹ He protects those who are loyal to him, but evil people will be silenced in darkness. Power is not the key to success. ¹⁰ The Lord destroys his enemies; he will thunder in heaven against them. The Lord will judge all the earth. He will give power to his king and make his appointed king strong."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the poor: Job 2:8, Job 42:10-12, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Daniel 4:17, Luke 1:51, Luke 1:52

set them: 1 Samuel 15:17, Genesis 41:14, Genesis 41:40, 2 Samuel 7:8, Job 36:6, Job 36:7, Ecclesiastes 4:14, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 6:3, James 2:5, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 22:5

the pillars: Job 38:4-6, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 102:25, Psalms 104:5, Hebrews 1:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:21 - poor Leviticus 25:47 - sojourner or stranger wax rich Ruth 1:21 - and the 1 Samuel 15:28 - hath given 2 Samuel 7:9 - a great 2 Samuel 22:49 - thou also 1 Kings 16:2 - I exalted thee 1 Chronicles 29:12 - riches Esther 2:17 - so that he set Job 5:11 - set up Job 5:16 - the poor Job 8:19 - out of the earth Job 9:6 - the pillars Job 26:11 - pillars Job 36:22 - God Job 38:6 - Whereupon Psalms 49:2 - General Psalms 68:10 - thou Psalms 75:3 - pillars Psalms 75:7 - he putteth Psalms 78:69 - earth Psalms 78:71 - brought Psalms 102:10 - thou hast Psalms 107:41 - setteth Psalms 136:23 - in our low estate Psalms 138:6 - Though Psalms 147:6 - lifteth up Proverbs 8:21 - to inherit Proverbs 10:22 - it Isaiah 22:23 - a glorious Isaiah 40:4 - valley Jeremiah 49:15 - General Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Ezekiel 21:26 - exalt Daniel 2:21 - he removeth Obadiah 1:2 - General Zechariah 6:1 - and the Matthew 4:9 - I give Luke 1:48 - regarded Luke 6:20 - Blessed Luke 14:21 - the poor Luke 16:20 - a certain Luke 18:35 - begging John 9:8 - sat Romans 9:17 - I raised Romans 13:1 - there Colossians 1:17 - and by James 1:9 - in Revelation 21:7 - inherit

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:24
After God forced humans out of the garden, he placed angels and a sword of fire that flashed around in every direction on its eastern border. This kept people from getting to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:16
So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan Valley and that there was much water there. It was like the Lord 's garden, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

2 Kings 19:12
Did the gods of those people save them? My ancestors destroyed them, defeating the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and the people of Eden living in Tel Assar.

Isaiah 51:3
So the Lord will comfort Jerusalem; he will show mercy to those who live in her ruins. He will change her deserts into a garden like Eden; he will make her empty lands like the garden of the Lord . People there will be very happy; they will give thanks and sing songs.

Ezekiel 27:23
"‘People of Haran, Canneh, Eden, and the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad became merchants for you.

Ezekiel 28:13
You had a wonderful life, as if you were in Eden, the garden of God. Every valuable gem was on you: ruby, topaz, and emerald, yellow quartz, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and chrysolite. Your jewelry was made of gold. It was prepared on the day you were created.

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of the tree falling when I brought it down to the place of the dead. It went to join those who have gone down to the grave. Then all the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the place of the dead below the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,.... This is but a further illustration of what is before expressed. Literally; such poor as are beggars, are those that are extremely poor, that sit in the dust and beg, and have nothing but a dunghill to lie on; yet God is able to raise and lift up persons in such an extremely low condition to a very high one: spiritually; such are the poor, who are poor in spirit, and spiritually poor, and are sensible of it, and they, and they only, are beggars. For all that are poor, as they are not sensible of their poverty, so they beg not; but some are and beg; they knock at the door of grace and mercy; their language is petitionary, they entreat the grace and mercy of God; their posture is standing, and waiting till they have an answer; they are importunate, and will not easily take a denial; and they observe all opportunities to get relief, and are thankful for everything that is given then. Their conditions, in which they are, is represented by the "dust" and "dunghill"; which in general denotes that they are in a mean estate, in a sinful one, and in a very polluted and loathsome one; in this condition the Lord finds them, when he calls them by his grace; and from this he raises and lifts them up by his Spirit and grace, out of which they could never have raised themselves; and in which estate of sin and misery they must have lain, had he not exerted his powerful efficacious grace, in bringing them into a glorious one, next described:

to set them among princes the people of God called by grace, who are the sons of the King of kings by adoption, manifested in their regeneration and faith; have a princely spirit, the spirit of adoption, a free, generous, and bountiful one; live and look like princes, are well fed and clothed, and attended; have the riches of princes, and are heirs of a kingdom: and to be set among them, is to be made one, and ranked as such; to have a place and a name in the church, and among the people of God; to sit down with them at the table of the Lord, and have communion with them: and to make them inherit the throne of glory; eternal glory and happiness, which as it is signified by a kingdom and crown, so by a throne, and is the same with Christ's, Revelation 3:21 and therefore must be a glorious one: and this is had by way of inheritance; not obtained by industry, nor purchased with money; but comes by adoption grace, and belongs only to children, is a bequest of our heavenly Father, and comes through the death of Christ the testator; and this phrase denotes not barely the right unto, but the possession of his happiness and glory:

for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them; the earth has its foundations on which it is laid, and its pillars by which it is supported; but these are no other than the power and providence of God; otherwise the earth is hung upon nothing, in the open circumambient air: and that God can and does do this may well be thought, and to do all the above things in providence and grace, related in the preceding verses; in the support, and for the proof of which, this is observed. Figuratively, the pillars of the earth may design the princes of the world, the supreme rulers of it, and civil magistrates, who are sometimes called cornerstones, and the shields of the earth, Zechariah 10:4, and so pillars, because they are the means of cementing, supporting, and protecting the people of the earth, and of preserving their peace and property. Likewise good men may be meant in a figurative sense, who, as they are the salt of the earth, are the pillars of it, for whose sake it was made, and is supported, and continued in being; the church is the pillar and ground of truth; and every good man is a pillar in the house of God, and especially ministers of the Gospel; see Revelation 3:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:8. To set them among princes — There have been many cases where, in the course of God's providence, a person has been raised from the lowest and most abject estate to the highest; from the plough to the imperial dignity: from the dungeon to the throne; from the dunghill to nobility. The story of Cincinnatus is well known; so is that of the patriarch Joseph; but there is one not less in point, that of Roushen Akhter, who was brought out of a dungeon, and exalted to the throne of Hindustan. On this circumstance the following elegant couplet was made: -

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"He was a bright star, but now is become a moon,

Joseph is taken from prison, and is become a king."

There is a play here on Roushen Akhter, which signifies a bright star; and there is an allusion to the history of the patriarch Joseph, because of the similarity of fortune between him and the Mohammedan prince.

For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's — He is almighty, and upholds all things by the word of his power.