12. Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time, and Eli watched her lips.
13. She was praying silently; her lips were moving, but she made no sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk,
14. and said to her, “Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!”
15. “No, I'm not drunk, sir,” she answered. “I haven't been drinking! I am desperate, and I have been praying, pouring out my troubles to the Lord.
16. Don't think I am a worthless woman. I have been praying like this because I'm so miserable.”
17. “Go in peace,” Eli said, “and may the God of Israel give you what you have asked him for.”