2:3 Do not increase speaking very proud words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge whose deeds are not weighed. 2:3 人不要夸口说骄傲的话，也不要出狂妄的言语，因耶和华是大有知识的神，人的行为被他衡量。 2:4 The bows of mighty warriors are shattered, but those who stumble gird themselves with strength. 2:4 勇士的弓都已折断，跌倒的人以力量束腰。 2:5 Those who were full must hire themselves out for bread, but those who are hungry will become fat. As for the infertile, she will bear seven, but she who has many sons withers away. 2:5 素来饱足的，反作佣人求食；饥饿的，再不饥饿。不生育的，生了七个儿子；多有儿女的，反倒衰微。 2:6 Yahweh kills and restores alive, he brings down to Sheol and raises up. 2:6 耶和华使人死，也使人活；使人下阴间，也使人往上升。 2:7 Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts. 2:7 他使人贫穷，也使人富足；使人卑微，也使人高贵。 2:8 He raises up the poor from the dust. From the ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them. 2:8 他从灰尘里抬举贫寒人，从粪堆中提拔穷乏人；使他们与王子同坐，得着荣耀的座位。地的柱子属于耶和华，他将世界立在其上。 2:9 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness, because a man will not prevail by his might. 2:9 他必保护圣民的脚步；使恶人在黑暗中寂然不动。人都不能靠力量得胜。
「神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人」（雅四6；彼前五5），哈拿既有丈夫的宠爱，若不是因着长久的难处，很难谦卑下来，去体会神的需要和感受。而神做事的法则，就是使用祂的百姓之前，先对付他们的骄傲，所以「虚心的人有福了，因为天国是他们的」（太五3）。