Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 1:14
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“Prayer is, then, to speak more boldly, converse with God. Though whispering, consequently, and not opening the lips, we speak in silence, yet we cry inwardly. For God hears continually all the inward converse. So also we raise the head and lift the hands to heaven, and set the feet in motion at the closing utterance o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14And the servant of Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.
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12And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Eli the priest marked her mouth.
13And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Eli accounted her a drunken woman.
— 1 Samuel 1:14 —
15And Hannah answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.
16Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued my prayer until now.