There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. . . . For the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. . . . The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. . . . For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them he has set the world. (1 Sam. 2:2, 3b, 4, 6–7, 8c)
