4. The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength.
5. Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.
6. The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again.
7. The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.
8. He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
9. He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
10. The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ."
11. And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest.
12. But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
13. nor the priestly office for the people. And so, no matter who had immolated a victim, the servant of the priest would arrive, while the flesh was still cooking, and he would take a three-pronged hook in his hand,