The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.

I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me.

ג (Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.

He said to David, “You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.

Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you.

A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.

She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life.

When she had weaned ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

Who is the Lord trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!

So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.