# Yahweh lifts up the oppressed

The writer speaks of Yahweh honoring those who are oppressed as if Yahweh were lifting them up from the ground. Alternate translation: "Yahweh honors the oppressed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# he brings the wicked down to the ground

The writer speaks of Yahweh humiliating the wicked as if Yahweh were forcing them to lie on the ground. Alternate translation: "he humiliates the wicked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])