Catholic Public Domain Version
"He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength. "
— 1 Samuel 2:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. ”
“He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.”
“He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.”
“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.”
“He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.”
“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.”
The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again.
The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.
He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.”
And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest.
But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,