וַתַּ֨עַן חַנָּ֤ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲדֹנִ֔י אִשָּׁ֤ה קְשַׁת־ר֙וּחַ֙ אָנֹ֔כִי וְיַ֥יִן וְשֵׁכָ֖ר לֹ֣א שָׁתִ֑יתִי וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
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 I poured out my soul before the LORD.
On Drunkenness
[149] Fitly, then, does she answer the reckless one who thinks to mock her stern and austere life, Sirrah, “I a woman am the hard day, I have drunk no wine or strong drink, and I will pour out my soul before the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:15). How vast is the boldness of the soul which is filled with the gracious gifts of God!