And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
My lord. She gives him this title, though he had called her a drunken woman. (Haydock)
Unhappy. Hebrew, "of a hard (or afflicted) spirit. "See Canticle of Canticles viii. 6. (Calmet)