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1 Samuel 1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
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English Standard Version

Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation."

New International Version

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief."

Catholic Public Domain Version

You should not repute your handmaid as one of the daughters of Belial. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my sorrow and grief, even until now.