1 Samuel 2:1 - 2:11

Then Hannah prayed and said,

“My heart exults in Yahweh;

My horn is exalted in Yahweh;

My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies,

Because I am glad in Your salvation.

There is no one holy like Yahweh;

Indeed, there is no one besides You,

Nor is there any rock like our God.

Do not multiply speaking so very proudly;

Let arrogance not come out of your mouth;

For Yahweh is a God of knowledge,

And with Him actions are weighed.

The bows of the mighty are shattered,

But those who stumble gird on strength.

Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,

But those who were hungry cease to hunger.

Even the barren gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children languishes.

Yahweh puts to death and makes alive;

He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Yahweh makes poor and rich;

He brings low; He also exalts.

He raises the poor from the dust;

He exalts the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of glory;

For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s,

And He set the world on them.

He keeps the feet of His holy ones,

But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness,

For not by power shall a man prevail.

Those who contend with Yahweh will be dismayed;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens;

Yahweh will render justice to the ends of the earth,

And He will give strength to His king,

And He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

11 Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the young boy ministered to Yahweh before Eli the priest.