• 1 Samuel 1:4-20
• The Song of Hannah
• Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25
• Mark 13:1-8

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Song of Hannah

Blessed are those who believe,
for what God has promised will be fulfilled.

1 My heart exults in the Lord; ♦
my strength is exalted in my God.

2 My mouth derides my enemies, ♦
because I rejoice in your salvation.

3 There is no Holy One like you, O Lord, ♦
nor any Rock like you, our God.

4 For you are a God of knowledge ♦
and by you our actions are weighed.

5 The bows of the mighty are broken, ♦
but the feeble gird on strength.

6 Those who were full now hire themselves out for
bread, ♦
but those who were hungry are well fed.

7 The barren woman has borne sevenfold, ♦
but she who has many children is forlorn.

8 Both the poor and the rich are of your making; ♦
you bring low and you also exalt.

9 You raise up the poor from the dust, ♦
and lift the needy from the ash heap.

10 You make them sit with the rulers ♦
and inherit a place of honour.

11 For the pillars of the earth are yours ♦
and on them you have set the world.

All:     Blessed are those who believe, for what God has promised will be fulfilled.