³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(A)
    flowing springs^(B) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(C)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(D)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(E)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(F)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(G)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(H)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(I) and they were humbled^(J)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(K)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(L)
41 But he lifted the needy^(M) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(N)

⁷ He raises the poor^(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(B) from the ash heap;
⁸ he seats them^(C) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹ He settles the childless^(D) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

The race is not to the swift
    or the battle to the strong,^(A)
nor does food come to the wise^(B)
    or wealth to the brilliant
    or favor to the learned;
but time and chance^(C) happen to them all.^(D)