1 Samuel 2:8
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.
The words belong to Hannah's public song of praise after God granted the desire of her heart, spoken by inspiration as grateful acknowledgment of divine mercy and loving-kindness for being highly favored of Heaven. Though she was a retiring and timid woman, she sounded the song forth before the assembly of the people. The song first answers the proud boastings of an insolent and contentious woman. It was uttered as a triumphant burst of praise before Hannah quietly returned to her home at Ramah and left the child Samuel to minister in the house of God under the care and instruction of Eli the high priest.
The promise is that God raises the poor and the beggar, even the most unpromising, from the dust, the dunghill, degradation and the lowest condition. He lifts them up to set them among princes and rulers and to make them inherit the throne of glory. He is able to do this because the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He founded and established the world upon them, so His power to lift rests on His sovereignty over all creation. The same truth teaches that the Lord brings low as well as lifts up, making poor and making rich, in the humiliation of the proud and the exaltation of the humble.
The song is prophetic both of David who would reign as king of Israel and of Christ the Messiah, the Lord's anointed. It sets forth the destruction of God's enemies and the complete and final triumph of His faithful servants, His redeemed people. For this exaltation God chooses people who trust and depend on Him, honor His name, and willingly submit to His shaping, and then works through them to carry out His purposes and display His wisdom and power. The soul is lifted up only when the Lord is found in that low position, for pride obstructs God's work, while Christ's life in the soul puts selfishness to death.