And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even athe barren has borne seven,
And bshe who has many children has become feeble.
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
bTo set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.
c“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.
But the bwicked shall be silent in darkness.
“For by strength no man shall prevail.
bFrom heaven He will thunder against them.
cThe Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
d“He will give estrength to His king,
And fexalt the horn of His anointed.”
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 1 Samuel 2:6.
I Samuel 2:1-11
Let us see a great example of this. It is not in the Psalms; it is in I Samuel chapter 2. This is one of those songs of thanksgiving done by Hannah after she bore Samuel. We are going to read Hannah's prayer here. It is a prayer of thanksgiving, and it should teach us a lot about the Hebrew mind and the way that these thanksgiving psalms work. We are going to read the first 11 verses.
This is Hannah's prayer of thanksgiving for God opening her womb and bearing Samuel. Notice how she dwells on God, about how He changes things. He takes the low and makes them high. He takes the poor and makes them rich, and vice versa for both of those.
He is the agent of change, as she sees Him here, because He is sovereign. He can do everything. He can see what is needed to happen, and by her petition to Him, He was made aware, if you want to say, of her lowly condition. She was feeling humiliated. She had no sons, and she asked Him to change that, and He did. He took her from being barren to being a producing mother, and that changed her status in society at the time.
And so she is praising Him, but did you notice any word of thanks? Zilch, not one in that whole prayer. No, she said she would praise Him, right? And her heart was rejoicing because of what He had done, but there is no thanks, no gratitude as we would see it.
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