1 Samuel 1:15

Anna answering, said: Not so, my lord: for I am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 said to her: How long wilt thou, be drunk? digest a little the wine, of which thou hast taken too much.

16Count not thy handmaid for one of the daughters of Belial: for out of the abundance of my sorrow and grief have I spoken till now.

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Cross References

Job 30:16And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.

Psalms 62:8In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.

Psalms 142:2Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

Proverbs 14:10The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.

Proverbs 25:15By patience a prince 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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