He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

And Samuel saith, 'Art not thou, if thou [art] little in thine own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel,

For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

The fear of Jehovah [is] the instruction of wisdom, And before honour [is] humility!

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility.

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;