21  A Song of Hannah

Refrain:

All   Blessed are those who believe,

for what God has promised will be fulfilled.

1    My heart exults in the Lord;  

my strength is exalted in my God.

2    My mouth derides my enemies,  

because I rejoice in your salvation.

3    There is no Holy One like you, O Lord,  

nor any Rock like you, our God.

4    For you are a God of knowledge  

and by you our actions are weighed.

5    The bows of the mighty are broken,  

but the feeble gird on strength.

6    Those who were full now hire themselves out for bread,  

but those who were hungry are well fed.

7    The barren woman has borne sevenfold,  

but she who has many children is forlorn.

8    Both the poor and the rich are of your making;  

you bring low and you also exalt.

9    You raise up the poor from the dust,  

and lift the needy from the ash heap.

10  You make them sit with the rulers  

and inherit a place of honour.

11  For the pillars of the earth are yours  

and on them you have set the world.

1 Samuel 2.1,2,3b-5,7,8

All   Glory to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now

and shall be for ever. Amen.

All   Blessed are those who believe,

for what God has promised will be fulfilled.

 

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