They were founded from dust.
Lift him up from the edge of the earth. In the question: Restore him. Raise him from the bottom of the ladder.
("They raise up the poor from the dust of the earth, from the heaps of ashes, to make them sit with the nobles, and a throne of honor shall be theirs, for the Lord is the rock of the earth, and he will set a tabernacle upon them" - 1 Samuel 2:8)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵקִימוּ מֵעָפָר
Definition (Hebrew)
הֵרִים אוֹתוֹ מְחוֹל הָאָרֶץ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: שִׁקֵּם אוֹתוֹ. הֶעֱלָה אוֹתוֹ מִשֵּׁפֶל הַמַּדְרֵגָה.
("מֵקִים מֵעָפָר דָּל מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן לְהוֹשִׁיב עִם נְדִיבִים וְכִסֵּא כָבוֹד יַנְחִלֵם, כִּי לַה' מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ וַיָּשֶׁת עֲלֵיהֶם תֵּבֵל"- שְׁמוּאֵל א ב ח)