⁶ No one from the east or the west
    or from the desert can exalt themselves.

⁷ It is God who judges:^(A)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.^(B)

⁷⁰ He chose David^(A) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;

⁷¹ from tending the sheep^(A) he brought him
    to be the shepherd^(B) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.

⁷ He raises the poor^(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(B) from the ash heap;

⁸ he seats them^(A) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.