11. and made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if you look with pity on the hardship of your servant, if you remember me and do not forget me, if you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life. No razor shall ever touch his head.”
12. As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli watched her mouth,
13. for Hannah was praying silently; though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli, thinking she was drunk,
14. said to her, “How long will you make a drunken spectacle of yourself? Sober up from your wine!”
15. “No, my lord!” Hannah answered. “I am an unhappy woman. I have had neither wine nor liquor; I was only pouring out my heart to the Lord.
16. Do not think your servant a worthless woman; my prayer has been prompted by my deep sorrow and misery.”
17. Eli said, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have requested.”