1 Samuel 1:15

And Hannah answereth and saith, 'No, my lord, A woman sharply pained in spirit I [am], and wine and strong drink I have not drunk, and I pour out my soul before Jehovah;

Young's Literal Translation

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 saith unto her, 'Until when are thou drunken? turn aside thy wine from thee.'

16put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.'

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Cross References

Job 30:16And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.

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

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

Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Proverbs 25:15By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh 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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