1 Samuel 1:15

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Eli said unto her: 'How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.'

16Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman: for out of the abundance of my complaint and my vexation have I spoken hitherto.'

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Cross References

Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Psalms 62:8(62-9) Trust in Him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Psalms 142:2(142-3) I pour out my complaint before Him, I declare before Him my trouble;

Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.

Proverbs 25:15By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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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