1 Samuel 1:15

And Hannah answers and says, “No, my lord, I [am] a woman sharply pained in spirit, and I have not drunk wine and strong drink, and I pour out my soul before YHWH;

Literal Standard Version

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 says to her, “Until when are you drunken? Turn aside your wine from you.”

16do not put your handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken until now.”

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Cross References

Job 30:16And now, in me my soul pours itself out, || Days of affliction seize me.

Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people, || Pour forth your heart before Him, || God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalms 142:2I pour forth my meditation before Him, || I declare my distress before Him.

Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, || And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.

Proverbs 25:15A ruler is persuaded by long-suffering, || And a soft tongue breaks a 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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