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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Samuel 2:7

Exalteth. The same instances of God's power and providence are related, Psalm cxii. 7., and Luke i. 52. (Menochius) --- Hesiod (op.) says, "Jupiter easily gives or takes away power," &c.

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See also 1 Samuel 2:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 2:7. _THE LORD MAKETH POOR_] For many cannot bear affluence, and if God should continue to trust them with riches, they would be their ruin. _MAKETH RICH_] Some he can trust, and there...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. HANNAH'S PROPHETIC SONG CHAPTER 2:1 - 10 _ 1. The praise of Jehovah-God (1 Samuel 2:1)_ 2. Jehovah's power and grace in deliverance (1 Samuel 2:4) 3. The prophetic outlook (1 Samuel 2:9) Hannah...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SONG OF HANNAH. This poem is quite unsuited to Hannah's circumstances; its theology is too advanced for primitive times (1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:8), and the reference to the king ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 Samuel 2:1-11. The Song of Hannah Hannah's song is a true prophecy. She is inspired "to discern in her own individual experience the universal laws of the divine economy, and to recognise its signi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In Jehovah's hand are the issues of life and death, prosperity and adversity. All history illustrates this truth. Hezekiah is recalled from the gates of the grave: Job is tried by affliction: David is...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 282 HANNAH’S SONG OF THANKSGIVING 1 Samuel 2:1. 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; becaus...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Hannah's Song of Solomon 2:1-11_ 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 sal...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE LORD MAKETH POOR, AND MAKETH RICH: HE BRINGETH LOW, AND LIFTETH UP._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. THE SIN OF ELI'S SONS 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 HANNAH’S PRAYER V1 Hannah prayed and said, ‘I am very happy when I think about the *Lord....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֖ה מֹורִ֣ישׁ וּ מַעֲשִׁ֑יר מַשְׁפִּ֖יל אַף...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER III. _ HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING._ 1 Samuel 2:1. THE emotion that filled Hannah's breast after she had granted Samuel to the Lord, and left him settled at Shiloh, was one of triumphant j...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE GOD OF THE LOWLY 1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah's song was to inspire David, the Virgin-Mother, and countless others to sing hymns of praise. So the song of a bird will set the whole woodland ringing with t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (7) The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (8) He raiseth up the poor out of th...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In the beautiful song of 1 Samuel 2 Hannah recognises this great principle of sovereign grace, and of the power of God; that He brings down the proud and those who trust in the flesh, and exalts the w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD MAKETH POOR, AND MAKETH RICH,.... Which is true in a natural sense of the same persons, as might be exemplified in the case of Job; and of different persons, as in the parable of the rich man...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. Ver. 7. _The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich._] _De pauperat et ditat:_ It is he that stoppeth that hole in the bottom of the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord killeth and maketh alive_ The power of life and death is in the hands of God; whom he pleaseth he takes out of the world, and whom he pleaseth, he preserves in it; raising men even from the...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministerie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more fruitfull. 22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28 A prophecie against Elies h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, for in His hands are all the treasures of the world; HE BRINGETH LOW AND LIFTETH UP....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hannah's Song of Thankfulness...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bor...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Hannah's heart rejoiced, not in Samuel, but in the Lord. She looks beyond the gift, and praises the Giver. She rejoiced in the salvation of the Lord, and in expectation of His coming, who is the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 2:7 LORD H3068 poor H3423 (H8688) rich H6238 (H8688) low H8213 (H8688) and H637 up...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRAYER-PROPHECY OF HANNAH (1 SAMUEL 2:1). This prayer-prophecy should be seen as continuing the thought of 1 Samuel 1. It does, however, summarise the message of the whole book, leading up to the...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hannah's prophetic prayer. Evil sons of Eli. Samuel in the tabernacle. The warning to Eli. CHARACTERS: God, Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Hophni, Phinehas, Elkanah, a prophet. CONCLUSION: Nothing i...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 2:1. _Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth._ This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord maketh poor._ THE RICH AND THE POOR Everything created is taught by God a lesson of dependence; the earth upon which we tread is subject to continual wants; the sea requires replenishing f...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord._ HANNAH’S SONG Modern criticism has decided, to its own satisfaction, that the noble hymn here attributed to Hannah, cannot possibly have...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:1 Hannah’s song is very similar to the prayer of Mary in Luke 1:46. There are also many similarities to psalms and other passages of the OT—especially Psalm 113—as the nume...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:6 The Lord controls not only birth and death, but all of LIFE in between. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:1. “AND HANNAH PRAYED.” “Hymns are wont to be comprehended under the name of prayers” (Psalms 71:20). “It was the most ancient way of preserving the memory of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HANNAH'S SONG OF PRAISE (1 Samuel 2:1). 1 SAMUEL 2:1 AND HANNAH PRAYED AND SAID. Like the Magnificat, Hannah's hymn of thanksgiving begins with the temporal mercies accorded to hers

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This book presents the history, the personal history of Samuel who was the last of the Judges. It ushers in the beginning of the period of the kings in the children of Israel, or among the children of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 8:17; Deuteronomy 8:18; Isaiah 2:12; James 1:10; James 1:9;

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN HANNAH 1 Samuel 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two prayers which fell from the lips of Hannah. The first is described in chapter 1, of I Samuel. It was a prayer full of we...

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