A Song of Hannah ✠ 1 Samuel 2.1-8 ✠ Canticles

My heart exults in the Lord;
my strength is exalted in my God.
My mouth derides my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.
There is no Holy One like you, O Lord,
nor any Rock like you, our God.
For you are a God of knowledge
and by you our actions are weighed.
The bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble gird on strength.
Those who were full now hire themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry are well fed.
The barren woman has borne sevenfold,
but she who has many children is forlorn.
Both the poor and the rich are of your making;
you bring low and you also exalt.
You raise up the poor from the dust,
and lift the needy from the ash heap.
You make them sit with the rulers
and inherit a place of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are yours
and on them you have set the world.
Blessed are those who believe,
for what God has promised will be fulfilled.
(1 Samuel 2.1,2,3b-5,7,8)
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.