1 Samuel 2:1-8 ▼

1 And Hannah prayed: “My heart exults in the LORD, my horn is exalted by my God. I have swallowed up my enemies; I rejoice in your victory.

2 There is no Holy One like the LORD; there is no Rock like our God.

3 Speak boastfully no longer, Do not let arrogance issue from your mouths. For an all-knowing God is the LORD, a God who weighs actions.

4 “The bows of the mighty are broken, while the tottering gird on strength.

5 The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, while the hungry no longer have to toil. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.

6 “The LORD puts to death and gives life, casts down to Sheol and brings up again.

7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich, humbles, and also exalts.

8 He raises the needy from the dust; from the ash heap lifts up the poor, To seat them with nobles and make a glorious throne their heritage. “For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he has set the world upon them.