<vn='1'>And <sn="2584">Hannah</s><sn="6419">prayed</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, My <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="5970">rejoiceth</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, mine <sn="7161">horn</s> is <sn="7311">exalted</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: my <sn="6310">mouth</s> is <sn="7337">enlarged</s><sn="5921">over</s> mine <sn="341">enemies</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> I <sn="8055">rejoice</s> in thy <sn="3444">salvation</s>. </v>
<vn='2'> There is <sn="369">none</s><sn="6918">holy</s> as the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> there is <sn="369">none</s><sn="1115">beside</s> thee: <sn="369">neither</s> is there any <sn="6697">rock</s> like our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1696">Talk</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="7235">more</s> so exceeding <sn="1364 1364">proudly</s>; let not <sn="6277">arrogance</s> come <sn="3318">out</s> of your <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is a <sn="410">God</s> of <sn="1844">knowledge</s>, and by him <sn="5949">actions</s> are <sn="8505">weighed</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="7198">bows</s> of the mighty <sn="1368">men</s> are <sn="2844">broken</s>, and they that <sn="3782">stumbled</s> are <sn="247">girded</s> with <sn="2428">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='5'> They that were <sn="7649">full</s> have hired out <sn="7936">themselves</s> for <sn="3899">bread</s>; and they that were <sn="7457">hungry</s><sn="2308">ceased</s>: so <sn="5704">that</s> the <sn="6135">barren</s> hath <sn="3205">born</s><sn="7651">seven</s>; and she that hath <sn="7227">many</s><sn="1121">children</s> is waxed <sn="535">feeble</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="4191">killeth</s>, and maketh <sn="2421">alive</s>: he bringeth <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="7585">grave</s>, and bringeth <sn="5927">up</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> maketh <sn="3423">poor</s>, and maketh <sn="6238">rich</s>: he bringeth <sn="8213">low</s>, <sn="637">and</s> lifteth <sn="7311">up</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He raiseth <sn="6965">up</s> the <sn="1800">poor</s> out of the <sn="4480 6083">dust</s>, and lifteth <sn="7311">up</s> the <sn="34">beggar</s> from the <sn="4480 830">dunghill</s>, to <sn="3427">set</s> them <sn="5973">among</s><sn="5081">princes</s>, and to make them <sn="5157">inherit</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="3519">glory</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4690">pillars</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> are the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's, and he hath <sn="7896">set</s> the <sn="8398">world</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='9'>He will <sn="8104">keep</s> the <sn="7272">feet</s> of his <sn="2623">saints</s>, and the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall be <sn="1826">silent</s> in <sn="2822">darkness</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> by <sn="3581">strength</s> shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="1396">prevail</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="7378">adversaries</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall be broken to <sn="2865">pieces</s>; out of <sn="8064">heaven</s> shall he <sn="7481">thunder</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="1777">judge</s> the <sn="657">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>; and he shall <sn="5414">give</s><sn="5797">strength</s> unto his <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="7311">exalt</s> the <sn="7161">horn</s> of his <sn="4899">anointed</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="511">Elkanah</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7414">Ramah</s><sn="5921">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>. And the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="1961">did</s><sn="8334">minister</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="5941">Eli</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Now the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="5941">Eli</s> were <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>; they <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="3548">priests</s> ' <sn="4941">custom</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> was, that, when <sn="3605">any</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="2076">offered</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s>, the <sn="3548">priest</s> 's <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="935">came</s>, while the <sn="1320">flesh</s> was in <sn="1310">seething</s>, with a <sn="4207">fleshhook</s> of <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8127">teeth</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="5221">struck</s> it into the <sn="3595">pan</s>, <sn="176">or</s><sn="1731">kettle</s>, <sn="176">or</s><sn="7037">caldron</s>, <sn="176">or</s><sn="6517">pot</s>; <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="4207">fleshhook</s> brought <sn="5927">up</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="3947">took</s> for himself. <sn="3602">So</s> they <sn="6213">did</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3478">Israelites</s> that <sn="935">came</s><sn="8033">thither</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1571">Also</s><sn="2962">before</s> they <sn="6999">burnt</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2459">fat</s>, the <sn="3548">priest</s> 's <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> to the <sn="376">man</s> that <sn="2076">sacrificed</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> to <sn="6740">roast</s> for the <sn="3548">priest</s>; for he will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3947">have</s> sodden <sn="1320 1310">flesh</s><sn="4480">of</s> thee, <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="2416">raw</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And if any <sn="376">man</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Let them not fail to <sn="6999 6999">burn</s> the <sn="2459">fat</s><sn="3117">presently</s>, and then <sn="3947">take</s> as much <sn="834">as</s> thy <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="183">desireth</s>; then he would <sn="559">answer</s> him, Nay; <sn="3588">but</s> thou shalt <sn="5414">give</s> it me <sn="6258">now</s>: and <sn="518">if</s><sn="3808">not</s>, I will <sn="3947">take</s> it by <sn="2394">force</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Wherefore the <sn="2403">sin</s> of the young <sn="5288">men</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="5006">abhorred</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4503">offering</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>But <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="8334">ministered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, being a <sn="5288">child</s>, <sn="2296">girded</s> with a <sn="906">linen</s><sn="646">ephod</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Moreover his <sn="517">mother</s><sn="6213">made</s> him a <sn="6996">little</s><sn="4598">coat</s>, and <sn="5927">brought</s> it to him from year to <sn="4480 3117 3117">year</s>, when she came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="854">with</s> her <sn="376">husband</s> to <sn="2076">offer</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3117">yearly</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="511">Elkanah</s> and his <sn="802">wife</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7760">give</s> thee <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="8478">for</s> the <sn="7596">loan</s><sn="834">which</s> is <sn="7592">lent</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And they <sn="1980">went</s> unto their own <sn="4725">home</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">And</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6485">visited</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2584">Hannah</s>, so that she <sn="2029">conceived</s>, and <sn="3205">bore</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1323">daughters</s>. And the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1431">grew</s><sn="5973">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Now <sn="5941">Eli</s> was <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2204">old</s>, and <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="6213">did</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="834">how</s> they <sn="7901">lay</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="802">women</s> that <sn="6633">assembled</s> at the <sn="6607">door</s> of the <sn="168">tabernacle</s> of the <sn="4150">congregation</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="4100">Why</s><sn="6213">do</s> ye <sn="428">such</s><sn="1697">things</s>? <sn="834">for</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="8085">hear</s> of <sn="*853"></s> your <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="1697">dealings</s><sn="4480 854">by</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="408">Nay</s>, my <sn="1121">sons</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> it is <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="8052">report</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="8085">hear</s>: ye make the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="5674">transgress</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="518">If</s> one <sn="376">man</s><sn="2398">sin</s> against <sn="376">another</s>, the <sn="430">judge</s> shall <sn="6419">judge</s> him: but <sn="518">if</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="2398">sin</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4310">who</s> shall <sn="6419">entreat</s> for him? <sn="3808">Notwithstanding</s> they <sn="8085">hearkened</s> not unto the <sn="6963">voice</s> of their <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2654">would</s><sn="4191">slay</s> them. </v>
<vn='26'>And the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1980">grew</s><sn="1432">on</s>, and was in <sn="2896">favor</s><sn="1571">both</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Did I plainly <sn="1540 1540">appear</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s>, when they <sn="1961">were</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s> in <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>? </v>
<vn='28'>And did I <sn="977">choose</s> him out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to be my <sn="3548">priest</s>, to <sn="5927">offer</s><sn="5921">upon</s> mine <sn="4196">altar</s>, to <sn="6999">burn</s><sn="7004">incense</s>, to <sn="5375">wear</s> an <sn="646">ephod</s><sn="6440">before</s> me? and did I <sn="5414">give</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the offerings made by <sn="801">fire</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='29'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s><sn="1163">kick</s> ye at my <sn="2077">sacrifice</s> and at mine <sn="4503">offering</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="6680">commanded</s> in my <sn="4583">habitation</s>; and <sn="3513">honorest</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="4480">above</s> me, to make yourselves <sn="1254">fat</s> with the <sn="4480 7225">chiefest</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4503">offerings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>? </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5002">saith</s>, I <sn="559">said</s><sn="559">indeed</s> that thy <sn="1004">house</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s>, should <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="6440">before</s> me <sn="5704 5769">forever</s>: but <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5002">saith</s>, Be it <sn="2486">far</s> from me; <sn="3588">for</s> them that <sn="3513">honor</s> me I will <sn="3513">honor</s>, and they that <sn="959">despise</s> me shall be lightly <sn="7043">esteemed</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="935">come</s>, that I will cut <sn="1438">off</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="2220">arm</s>, and the <sn="2220">arm</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, that there shall not <sn="4480 1961">be</s> an old <sn="2205">man</s> in thine <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And thou shalt <sn="5027">see</s> an <sn="6862">enemy</s> in my <sn="4583">habitation</s>, in <sn="3605">all</s> the wealth <sn="834">which</s> God shall <sn="3190">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and there shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> an old <sn="2205">man</s> in thine <sn="1004">house</s><sn="3605 3117">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And the <sn="376">man</s> of thine, whom I shall <sn="3808">not</s> cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> mine <sn="4196">altar</s>, shall be to <sn="3615">consume</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and to <sn="109">grieve</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="5315">heart</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4768">increase</s> of thine <sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> in the flower of their <sn="376">age</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And <sn="2088">this</s> shall be a <sn="226">sign</s> unto thee, <sn="834">that</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">upon</s> thy <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="413">on</s><sn="2652">Hophni</s> and <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>; in <sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s> they shall <sn="4191">die</s><sn="8147">both</s> of them. </v>
<vn='35'>And I will raise me <sn="6965">up</s> a <sn="539">faithful</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, that shall <sn="6213">do</s> according to that <sn="834">which</s> is in mine <sn="3824">heart</s> and in my <sn="5315">mind</s>: and I will <sn="1129">build</s> him a <sn="539">sure</s><sn="1004">house</s>; and he shall <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="6440">before</s> mine <sn="4899">anointed</s><sn="3605 3117">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that every <sn="3605">one</s> that is <sn="3498">left</s> in thine <sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> and <sn="7812">crouch</s> to him for a <sn="95">piece</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s> and a <sn="3603">morsel</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s>, and shall <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="5596">Put</s> me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="413">into</s><sn="259">one</s> of the priests' <sn="3550">offices</s>, that I may <sn="398">eat</s> a <sn="6595">piece</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>