But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.”
These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
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