(A)“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
    for not by might shall a man prevail.
10 (B)The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
    (C)against them he will thunder in heaven.
(D)The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
    he will give strength to his king
    (E)and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

11 Then Elkanah went home (F)to Ramah. (G)And the boy[a] was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:11 Hebrew na‘ar can be rendered boy (2:11, 18, 21, 26; 3:1, 8), servant (2:13, 15), or young man (2:17), depending on the context

He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)

“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;
10     those who oppose the Lord will be broken.(E)
The Most High will thunder(F) from heaven;
    the Lord will judge(G) the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength(H) to his king
    and exalt the horn(I) of his anointed.”

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,(J) but the boy ministered(K) before the Lord under Eli the priest.

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