I A Form of Speech to engage favourable Attention. m The uſual Form of an Oath, as Gen. 42: 15: 1Sam. 17; 55. and 20. 3- Asſure- ly as thou liveſt. Which Aſſeverations ſeem neceſſary, becaute this was ſome Years after it, and was quite forgorten by him.
27 For this child I prayed, and the LORD hath gi- ven me my petition, which | asked of him:
28 Therefore alſo I have || lent him to the LORD » as long as he liveth, || he ſhall be lent o co the LORD. And he p worlbippag_ the LORD there.
» Or, given him. &c. RB. do now give or offer him : for ſhe did not lend him for a time, with a purpoſe or Right to R-quire him again. The words may be rendred thus: nd 1 alſo askea him or made my ſelf to ak him ( an uſual Hebraiſm ) for the Lyrd ; i. &. pray= ed for this Child, not only for my ſelf, znd ro take away my Re- proach, but eſpecially that I might have a Child ro ſerve and de- vote tothe Lord. And ſo the following words, as long as he liveth, are not to be joyned with the following Clauſe, but with rhoſe which come next after them ; and that whole Clauſe may be rhu+ rendred, as 2 conſequent upon the former : And, or therefore all the cays in which he 1s, or ſhall be, he is or ſhall be lent or given to the Lord; or, as one begged for the Lord, and for his Service, and therefore juſtly gi- ven to him» o Or renared, or uſed as one given in my prayer ; for this was the condition of my prayer. that he ſhould be :1e Lords. p Not Eli, who 1s not mentioned, but v. 25. and then only pallively, not as ſpeaking or doing any thing ; nor Elkanah, of w!.om here isno mention : but young Samuel, who is the tubjet& {poken of in this and the foregoing Verſe, and who was capable of worſhipping God in ſome ſort, at leaſt with External Adoration ; cf which ſee on v. 22. And ſo the Particle there is Empharical, ſignifying that hereby he entred himſelf into the worſhip and ſervice of God
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Hannah's ſong, 1, === Io. Samuel miniſters before the Lord, 14. Eli's ſons are wicked, 12 —=17. Hannah beareth more children, 20, 21.
E7; reproves his ſons but mildly, 22, === 25. God by a prophet foretelleth the deſtruffion of Eli"s houſe, 27, ——36.
ASL Hannah prayed ay and ſaid, * My heart re- A. joyceth b in the LORD 6c: mine horn is exalted d in the LORD : my mouth is enlarged e over mine e- nemies f, becauſe I rejoice in thy ſalvation g.
s t e. Praiſed God ; which is a part of v ayer, Col, 4. 2: 1 7m. 2, f, {o it isa Synecdochical Expreſſion. 5 Or, leaperh for joy : for the words note not only inward Joy, but alſo the outward Demon- ſtrations of it. c As the Author and the Maſter of my Joy, thar he hath heard my prayer, and accepted my Son for his Service. a My ſtrength and glory ( which are ot fignified by an Horn, as Pſal. 89. 17, 24. and 92: Io. ) are advanced and manif-fted to my Vindica- tion,and the Confuſion of mine Enemies e 5. e. Opened wide to pour forth abundant praiſes ro God, and to give a fuii Anſwer to 21! cae Reproaches of mine Adyerſaries ; whereas, before it was ſhut
through Grief and Confufiom: F ( 5. e.) More than theirs, or ſo as to get the Viftory over them, as ſhe ſaith afterwards. Here ſhe maniteſts her great Prudence, and piety, and Modeſty, that ſhe doth not name Penimah,but only herEnemies in the general. g Becauſe the marrer of my Joy 1s 80 trivial or worldly thing, but that ſtrange and gioricus Salvation or Deliverance which thou haſt giver me from my own oppreſfling Care and Grief, and from the infolen- cies and Reproaches of mine Enemies, in giving me a Son, and ſuch 2 SON a5 this, who ſhall be ſerviceable to God and to his people, in helping them againſt their Enemies, which ſhe preſaged, as may be gueſſed from v. ro.
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2 * There is none holy as the LORD 5b: for there js * D*ut&
none beſide thee z 3 God &.
h None ſo perfe&tly, unchangeably and conſtantly Holy, as God hath ſhewed himlelf ro bein this A& of Grace to me, whereby he hath borh checked the proud and mighty, and pleaded the Cauie of his aff Cted Servant thar truſted in him, and alſo fulfilled his Pro- miſe in giving me a Son, whom he hath ſanQified by his Grace to his Service; a'l which are the proper Effe&ts of God's Holineſs; ; Not on!y none 15 ſo Holy as thou art, but in truth there 75 none ho- ly ( which word is eaſily underſtood out of the former Clauſe ) be= ſides thee ; to wit, intirely, or independently, but only by partici« pation from thee. Or, as none haye any Holineſs like thine, ſo none. have any Beeing beſides thee, unleſs by derivation from thees/ k Thou only art a ſure Defence and Refuge to all that flee to thee, and truſt in thee, as I have found by my Experience.
3 Talk no more ſo exceeding proudly 1: * let not
+ arrogancy ws come. outef your mouth : for the LORD * Mal « I'Js Heb. bard,
is a God of knowledge », and by him a&ions are weighed o.
' 1 Thou Peninnah, boaſt no more of thy numerous Off:ſpring, and ſpeak no more inſolently and ſcornfuliy of me, as thou haſt done. She ſpeaks of ker in the Plura] Number, becauſe ſhe would not ex. poſe her Name to Cenſure, but only inſtru& and reprove her for her good. wm Heb. hard Speeches, as thoſe are called, Fudge wv. 15. harſh, heavy, and not to be born. Or, the old Sayings, either the old Proverbs concerning barren Women, which thou appliedſt to me; or, the old R-proaches, to which for 2 long time thou baſt ac« cuſtomed thy ſelf. n» He knoweth thy Heart, and ail that Pride, and Envy, and Contempt of me, which thy own corſcience knows: and all thy perverſe Carriages towards me. o 7. e. He pondererh, or trieth a]] mens Thoughts and Ations, ( for the Hebrew word fig- .ifies both) as ajuſt Judge, to give to every one according to their Works ; and therefore he hath pitied my oppreſſed Innocency, and rebuked her Arrogancy. Or, by him Councels or Aftons, 01 Events, are diſpoſed ox ordered. and not by our ſelves; and therefore he
brings many things to paſs contrary to Mens expeQations,as now he * |