What does 1 Samuel 2:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail."
Verse 1 Samuel 2:9. _HE WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS_] He will order and direct all their goings, and keep them from every evil way. _THE WICKED SHALL BE SILENT IN DARKNESS_] The _Targum_ underst...
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...
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 (1 Sam...
WICKED. lawless. See App-44. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....
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...
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...
_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...
_HE WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS, AND THE WICKED SHALL BE SILENT IN DARKNESS; FOR BY STRENGTH SHALL NO MAN PREVAIL._ He will keep the feet of his saints - a poetical figure, meaning, 'He will pre...
2:9 saints, (g-7) _ Chasid_ , 'pious,' 'holy.' see Note c, Deuteronomy 33:8 ; 2 Chronicles 6:42 ; Psalms 4:3 . prevail. (h-21) Or 'be powerful.'...
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)...
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. The *Lord has made me very strong. I can speak...
HE WILL KEEP THE FEET. — This was the comforting deduction Hannah drew from the circumstances of her life: this the grave moral reflection the Spirit of the Lord bade her put down for the support and...
רַגְלֵ֤י _חֲסִידָיו֙_† יִשְׁמֹ֔ר וּ רְשָׁעִ֖ים בַּ † חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יִדָּ֑מּוּ כִּֽי ־לֹ֥א בְ כֹ֖חַ יִגְבַּר...
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...
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...
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...
_Saints. Hebrew, "kind, merciful, pious ones;" (Calmet) those to whom he shews mercy, and who comply with his will in assisting others. Septuagint, "Granting their petition to those who ask him, and h...
(9) He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (10) The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven sha...
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...
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...
HE WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS,.... Now follow promises and prophecies of future things respecting the Israel of God, either in a literal or spiritual sense. By "his saints" are meant not angels,...
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Ver. 9. _He will keep the feet of his saints._] This is a lower love and courtes...
_He will keep the feet of his saints_ That is, will both uphold their steps or paths, and direct their counsels and actions, that they may not fall into ruin, nor wander into those fatal errors into w...
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...
Hannah's Song of Thankfulness...
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...
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...
THE FEET, i.e. the steps or paths, their counsels and actions, he will KEEP, i.e. both uphold, that they may not fall, at least, into mischief or utter ruin; and direct and preserve from wandering, an...
1 Samuel 2:9 guard H8104 (H8799) feet H7272 saints H2623 wicked H7563 silent H1826 (H8735) darkness H2822 strength H3581 man H376 prevail H1396 (H8799) will keep - Job 5:24; Psalms 37:23-24, P
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...
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 doe...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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 herself, b...
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...
1 Peter 1:5; 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 17:50; 2 Peter 2:17; Deuteronomy 33:3; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:23;...
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...
Feet — That is, the steps or paths, their counsels and actions; he will keep; that is, both uphold, that they may not fall into ruin; and direct and preserve from wandering, and from those fatal error...