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exultavit cor meum in Domino exaltatum est cornu meum inDomino dilatatum est os meum super inimicos meos quia laetatasum in salutari tuo

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non est sanctus ut est Dominus neque enim est alius extra teet non est fortis sicut Deus noster

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nolite multiplicare loqui sublimia gloriantes recedantvetera de ore vestro quoniam Deus scientiarum Dominus est etipsi praeparantur cogitationes

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arcus fortium superatus est et infirmi accincti sunt robore

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saturati prius pro pane se locaverunt et famelici saturatisunt donec sterilis peperit plurimos et quae multos habebatfilios infirmata est

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Dominus mortificat et vivificat deducit ad infernum etreducit

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Dominus pauperem facit et ditat humiliat et sublevat

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suscitat de pulvere egenum et de stercore elevat pauperem utsedeat cum principibus et solium gloriae teneat Domini enimsunt cardines terrae et posuit super eos orbem

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pedes sanctorum suorum servabit et impii in tenebrisconticescent quia non in fortitudine roborabitur vir

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Dominum formidabunt adversarii eius super ipsos in caelistonabit Dominus iudicabit fines terrae et dabit imperium regisuo et sublimabit cornu christi sui

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et abiit Helcana Ramatha in domum suam puer autem eratminister in conspectu Domini ante faciem Heli sacerdotis

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porro filii Heli filii Belial nescientes Dominum

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neque officium sacerdotum ad populum sed quicumqueimmolasset victimam veniebat puer sacerdotis dum coquerenturcarnes et habebat fuscinulam tridentem in manu sua

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et mittebat eam in lebetem vel in caldariam aut in ollamsive in caccabum et omne quod levabat fuscinula tollebatsacerdos sibi sic faciebant universo Israheli venientium inSilo

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etiam antequam adolerent adipem veniebat puer sacerdotis etdicebat immolanti da mihi carnem ut coquam sacerdoti non enimaccipiam a te carnem coctam sed crudam

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dicebatque illi immolans incendatur primum iuxta moremhodie adeps et tolle tibi quantumcumque desiderat anima tua quirespondens aiebat ei nequaquam nunc enim dabis alioquin tollamvi

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erat ergo peccatum puerorum grande nimis coram Domino quiadetrahebant homines sacrificio Domini

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Samuhel autem ministrabat ante faciem Domini puer accinctusephod lineo

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et tunicam parvam faciebat ei mater sua quam adferebatstatutis diebus ascendens cum viro suo ut immolaret hostiamsollemnem

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et benedixit Heli Helcanae et uxori eius dixitque reddatDominus tibi semen de muliere hac pro fenore quod commodastiDomino et abierunt in locum suum

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visitavit ergo Dominus Annam et concepit et peperit tresfilios et duas filias et magnificatus est puer Samuhel apudDominum

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Heli autem erat senex valde et audivit omnia quae faciebantfilii sui universo Israheli et quomodo dormiebant cummulieribus quae observabant ad ostium tabernaculi

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et dixit eis quare facitis res huiuscemodi quas ego audiores pessimas ab omni populo

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nolite filii mi non enim est bona fama quam ego audio uttransgredi faciatis populum Domini

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si peccaverit vir in virum placari ei potest Deus si autemin Domino peccaverit vir quis orabit pro eo et non audieruntvocem patris sui quia voluit Dominus occidere eos

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puer autem Samuhel proficiebat atque crescebat et placebattam Deo quam hominibus

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venit autem vir Dei ad Heli et ait ad eum haec dicitDominus numquid non aperte revelatus sum domui patris tui cumessent in Aegypto in domo Pharaonis

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et elegi eum ex omnibus tribubus Israhel mihi in sacerdotemut ascenderet altare meum et adoleret mihi incensum et portaretephod coram me et dedi domui patris tui omnia de sacrificiisfiliorum Israhel

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quare calce abicitis victimam meam et munera mea quaepraecepi ut offerrentur in templo et magis honorasti filiostuos quam me ut comederetis primitias omnis sacrificii Israhelpopuli mei

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propterea ait Dominus Deus Israhel loquens locutus sum utdomus tua et domus patris tui ministraret in conspectu meousque in sempiternum nunc autem dicit Dominus absit hoc a mesed quicumque glorificaverit me glorificabo eum qui autemcontemnunt me erunt ignobiles

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ecce dies veniunt et praecidam brachium tuum et brachiumdomus patris tui ut non sit senex in domo tua

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et videbis aemulum tuum in templo in universis prosperisIsrahel et non erit senex in domo tua omnibus diebus

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verumtamen non auferam penitus virum ex te ab altari meosed ut deficiant oculi tui et tabescat anima tua et pars magnadomus tuae morietur cum ad virilem aetatem venerit

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hoc autem erit tibi signum quod venturum est duobus filiistuis Ofni et Finees in die uno morientur ambo

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et suscitabo mihi sacerdotem fidelem qui iuxta cor meum etanimam meam faciat et aedificabo ei domum fidelem et ambulabitcoram christo meo cunctis diebus

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futurum est autem ut quicumque remanserit in domo tuaveniat ut oretur pro eo et offerat nummum argenteum et tortampanis dicatque dimitte me obsecro ad unam partem sacerdotalemut comedam buccellam panis

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And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

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There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

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Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

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The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

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Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

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And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

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And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

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Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

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And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

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Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

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But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

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And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

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And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

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Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.

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If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

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And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.

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And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

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And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

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Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

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And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

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And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

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And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

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And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

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And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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