# Connecting Statement:

Hannah continues to recite a song to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# out of the dust ... from the ash heap

These are metaphors for the lowest position in society. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the needy

people who do not have the things that they need