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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Hannah prayed and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;My heart rejoices in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is lifted high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">My mouth boasts over my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">for I delight in your deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no one holy like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="content">there is no one besides you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="content">there is no Rock like our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not keep talking so proudly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">or let your mouth speak such arrogance,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a God who knows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">and by him deeds are weighed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;The bows of the warriors are broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.2.4"><span class="content">but those who stumbled are armed with strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who were full hire themselves out for food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">but those who were hungry are hungry no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">She who was barren has borne seven children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">but she who has had many sons pines away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings death and makes alive;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.2.6"><span class="content">he brings down to the grave and raises up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sends poverty and wealth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.2.7"><span class="content">he humbles and he exalts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He raises the poor from the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">and lifts the needy from the ash heap;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">he seats them with princes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">and has them inherit a throne of honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;For the foundations of the earth are the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">on them he has set the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="content">but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not by strength that one prevails;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">those who oppose the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="content">The Most High will thunder from heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will judge the ends of the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> boast in the hope of the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Not only so, but we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">perseverance, character; and character, hope. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And hope does not put us to shame, because God&#8217;s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God&#8217;s wrath through him! </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For if, while we were God&#8217;s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.</span></span></div>
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