1 Samuel 2:6-8

2:6 The Lord both kills and gives life;

he brings down to the grave ¹  and raises up.

2:7 The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy;

he humbles and he exalts.

2:8 He lifts the weak ²  from the dust;

he raises ³  the poor from the ash heap

to seat them with princes

and to bestow on them an honored position. ⁴ 

The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,

and he has placed the world on them.

1 Samuel 2:36

2:36 Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money ⁵  and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, ‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah Exalts the Lord in Prayer

2:1 Hannah prayed, ⁶ 

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

my horn ⁷  is exalted high because of the Lord.

I loudly denounce ⁸  my enemies,

for I am happy that you delivered me. ⁹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 14:26

14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, ¹⁰  where they had been commended ¹¹  to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. ¹² 

Mazmur 109:9-12

109:9 May his children ¹³  be fatherless,

and his wife a widow!

109:10 May his children ¹⁴  roam around begging,

asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! ¹⁵ 

109:11 May the creditor seize ¹⁶  all he owns!

May strangers loot his property! ¹⁷ 

109:12 May no one show him kindness! ¹⁸ 

May no one have compassion ¹⁹  on his fatherless children!

[2:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Sheol”; NAB “the nether world”; CEV “the world of the dead.”

[2:8]  ² tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”

[2:8]  ³ tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “a seat of honor.”

[2:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “a piece of silver” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[2:1]  ⁷ sn Horns of animals have always functioned as both offensive and defensive weapons for them. As a figure of speech the horn is therefore often used in the Bible as a symbol of human strength (see also in v. 10). The allusion in v. 1 to the horn being lifted high suggests a picture of an animal elevating its head in a display of strength or virility.

[2:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”

[2:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”

[14:26]  ¹⁰ sn Antioch was the city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia) from which Paul’s first missionary journey began (see Acts 13:1-4). That first missionary journey ends here, after covering some 1,400 mi (2,240 km).

[14:26]  map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.

[14:26]  ¹¹ tn Or “committed.” BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 2 gives “commended to the grace of God for the work 14:26” as the meaning for this phrase, although “give over” and “commit” are listed as alternative meanings for this category.

[14:26]  ¹² tn BDAG 829 s.v. πληρόω 5 has “to bring to completion an activity in which one has been involved from its beginning, complete, finish” as meanings for this category. The ministry to which they were commissioned ends with a note of success.

[109:9]  ¹³ tn Or “sons.”

[109:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “sons.”

[109:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shi’elu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.

[109:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “lay snares for” (see Ps 38:12).

[109:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the product of his labor.”

[109:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “may there not be for him one who extends loyal love.”

[109:12]  ¹⁹ tn Perhaps this refers to being generous (see Ps 37:21).