¹³ Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For ^(A)we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but ^(B)the Spirit Himself makes intercession ^[a]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

¹³ Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

⁴² “And this day I came to the well and said, ^(A)‘O Lord God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go, ^43 (B)behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,” ⁴⁴ and she says to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

^45 (C)“But before I had finished ^(D)speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

A Plea for Deliverance and Forgiveness

A Psalm of David.

^7 (A)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁴ Then the king said to me, “What do you request?”

So I ^(A)prayed to the God of heaven.