1 Samuel 2

¹And Hannah prayed, and said, Mine heart reioyceth in the Lord, mine horne is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged ouer mine enemies, because I reioyce in thy saluation.

²There is none holy as the Lord: yea, there is none besides thee, and there is no god like our God.

³Speake no more presumptuously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are established.

⁴The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.

⁵They that were full, are hired foorth for bread, and the hungrie are no more hired, so that the barren hath borne seuen: and shee that had many children, is feeble.

⁶The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

⁷The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

⁸He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.

⁹Hee will keepe the feete of his Saintes, and the wicked shall keepe silence in darkenes: for in his owne might shall no man be strong.

¹⁰The Lordes aduersaries shall be destroyed, and out of heauen shall he thunder vpon them: the Lord shall iudge the endes of the worlde, and shall giue power vnto his King, and exalt the horne of his Anoynted.

¹¹And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the childe did minister vnto the Lord before Eli the Priest.