Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 2:3

3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly : let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge , and by him actions are weighed .

Thou Peninnah, boast no more of thy numerous off-spring, and speak no more insolently and scornfully of me, as thou hast done. She speaks of her in the Plural number, because she would not expose her name to Censure, but onely instruct and reprove her for her good.

Heb. hard speeches, as those are called, Iudg. v. 15. harsh, heavy, and not to be born. Or, the old Sayings, either the old Proverbs concerning barren Women, which thou appliedst to me; or, the old reproaches, to which for a long time thou hast accustomed thy self.

He knoweth thy heart, and all that Pride, and Envy, and Contempt of me, which thy own Conscience knows; and all thy perverse carriages towards me.

i. e. He pondereth, or tryeth all mens thoughts and Actions, (for the Hebrew Word signifies both) as a just Judge, to give to every one according to their Works; and therefore he hath pitied my oppressed Innocency, and rebuked her Arrogancy. Or, by him Councels, or Actions, or Events, are disposed or ordered, and not by our selves; and therefore he brings many things to pass contrary to Mens expectations, as now he hath done; he maketh one Barren, and another Fruitful, when, and how it pleaseth him. In the Hebrew Text it is Lo the Adverb; and so the words may be rendred thus, his actions are not, or, cannot be directed, or rectified, or corrected by any others; none can mend his Work, he doth every thing best, and in the best season, as now he hath done; Or weighed, or numbred, his wayes are unsearchable: or thus, are not his works right and straight? who can blame his actions? So Lo is for halo, as it is 2 Sam. 13. 26. 2 King. 5. 26. Iob 2. 10.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 3. 13.; Heb. hard.