1 Samuel 2:1–10

Hannah’s Prayer

2And Hannah ^aprayed and said:

^b“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

^cMy ¹horn is exalted in the Lord.

²I smile at my enemies,

Because I ^drejoice in Your salvation.

²“No ^eone is holy like the Lord,

For there is ^fnone besides You,

Nor is there any ^grock like our God.

³“Talk no more so very proudly;

^hLet no arrogance come from your mouth,

For the Lord is the God of ⁱknowledge;

And by Him actions are weighed.

⁴“The ^jbows of the mighty men are broken,

And those who stumbled are girded with strength.

⁵Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,

And the hungry have ceased to hunger.

Even ^kthe barren has borne seven,

And ^lshe who has many children has become feeble.

⁶“The ^mLord kills and makes alive;

He brings down to the grave and brings up.

⁷The Lord ⁿmakes poor and makes rich;

^oHe brings low and lifts up.

^8pHe raises the poor from the dust

And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,

^qTo set them among princes

And make them inherit the throne of glory.

^r“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,

And He has set the world upon them.

^9sHe will guard the feet of His saints,

But the ^twicked shall be silent in darkness.

“For by strength no man shall prevail.

¹⁰The adversaries of the Lord shall be ^ubroken in pieces;

^vFrom heaven He will thunder against them.

^wThe Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

^x“He will give ^ystrength to His king,

And ^zexalt the ³horn of His anointed.”