And Hannah ¹ prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine ² horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is ³ enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

Talk ¹ no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

They that were full have hired out themselves for ¹ bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among ¹ princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the ² LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his ¹ king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the ¹ LORD before Eli the priest.

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they ¹ knew not the LORD.

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; ¹ all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

Also before they burnt the ¹ fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul ¹ desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men ¹ abhorred the offering of the LORD.

Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that ¹ assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to ¹ transgress.

If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD ¹ would slay them.

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy ¹ father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

Wherefore ¹ kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, ¹ Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine ¹ arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

And thou ¹ shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

And I will raise me up a ¹ faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and ¹ crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.