Daily Bible CEV March 20 Verses

1 Samuel 2 ¹Hannah prayed:

You make me strong and happy, LORD.

You rescued me. Now I can be glad

and laugh at my enemies.

²No other god is like you. We're safer with you

than on a high mountain.

³I can tell those proud people, "Stop your boasting!

Nothing is hidden from the LORD,

and he judges what we do."

⁴Our LORD, you break the bows of warriors,

but you give strength to everyone who stumbles.

⁵People who once had plenty to eat

must now hire themselves out for only a piece of bread.

But you give the hungry more than enough to eat.

A woman did not have a child, and you gave her seven,

but a woman who had many was left with none.

⁶You take away life, and you give life.

You send people down to the world of the dead

and bring them back again.

⁷Our LORD, you are the one who makes us rich or poor.

You put some in high positions

and bring disgrace on others.

⁸You lift the poor and homeless out of the garbage dump

and give them places of honor in royal palaces.

You set the world on foundations, and they belong to you.

⁹You protect your loyal people,

but everyone who is evil will die in darkness.

We cannot win a victory by our own strength.

¹⁰Our LORD, those who attack you will be broken in pieces

when you fight back with thunder from heaven.

You will judge the whole earth

and give power and strength to your chosen king.

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