1 Samuel 2:9

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⁷ The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

¹⁰ The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

¹¹ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
KJV: He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
WEB: He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.
ASV: He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
DARBY: He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
BLB: The feet of His holy ones He will guard, and the wicked in the darkness shall be silent; for not by strength shall man prevail.

ÅB: Han verner sine frommes føtter, men ugudelige går til grunne i mørket; for ikke ved egen kraft er mannen sterk.
OTB: Han vokter sine trofastes føtter,
Men de onde skal bli tause i mørket,
For ikke ved styrke skal et menneske seire.
B1930: Han verner sine frommes føtter, men ugudelige går til grunne i mørket; for ikke ved egen kraft er mannen sterk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 91:11–12
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
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Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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Psalms 33:16–17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
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1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
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Psalms 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
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Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
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