Hannah’s Prayer

Then Hannah prayed and said:(A)

“My heart rejoices(B) in the Lord;
    in the Lord my horn[a](C) is lifted high.
My mouth boasts(D) over my enemies,(E)
    for I delight in your deliverance.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:1 Horn here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

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Fill my heart(A) with joy(B)
    when their grain and new wine(C) abound.

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Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

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11 Light shines[a](A) on the righteous(B)
    and joy on the upright in heart.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

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14 My servants will sing(A)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(B)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.

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14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

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The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(A)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice(B) in the Lord.

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And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

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