1 Samuel 1:15

Responding, Hannah said: “By no means, my lord. For I am an exceedingly unhappy woman, and I drank neither wine, nor anything that can inebriate. Instead, I have poured out my soul in the sight of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunken neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

In Context

14and so he said to her: “How long will you be inebriated? You should take only a little wine, but instead you are drenched.”

16You should not repute your handmaid as one of the daughters of Belial. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my sorrow and grief, even until now.”

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Cross References

Job 30:16But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.

Psalms 62:8For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.

Psalms 142:2And do not enter into judgment with your servant. For all the living will not be justified in your sight.

Proverbs 14:10The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.

Proverbs 25:15By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:10-19

Hannah's Prayer. ( b. c. 1140.) 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord , and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days… Read the whole commentary →

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