Hannah and Eli (1SA 1:11-18)

[1:11] Hannah made a solemn promise: “Lord Almighty, look at me, your servant! See my trouble and remember me! Don't forget me! If you give me a son, I promise that I will dedicate him to you for his whole life and that he will never have his hair cut.”

[1:12] Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time, and Eli watched her lips.

[1:13] She was praying silently; her lips were moving, but she made no sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk,

[1:14] and he said to her, “Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!”

[1:15] “No, I'm not drunk, sir,” she answered. “I haven't been drinking! I am desperate, and I have been praying, pouring out my troubles to the Lord.

[1:16] Don't think I am a worthless woman. I have been praying like this because I'm so miserable.”

[1:17] “Go in peace,” Eli said, “and may the God of Israel give you what you have asked him for.”

[1:18] “May you always think kindly of me,” she replied. Then she went away, ate some food, and was no longer sad.