1 Samuel 1:10

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Summary

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

In bitterness of soul

Prayed

Wept sore

Bible References

In bitterness of soul

She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for

the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Moreover, Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and they are fierce, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is an expert in warfare, and will not spend the night with the people.

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

“He will not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with bitterness.

“

I loathe my own life;

I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

“What shall I say?

For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;

I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

“For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.

He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drunk with wormwood.

Prayed

Call upon Me in the day of trouble;

I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

In the days of His flesh,

He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

Wept sore

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days mourning for his father.

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came and lifted their voices and wept; and also the king and all his servants wept very bitterly.

“Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,

But weep continually for the one who goes away;
For he will never return
Or see his native land.