⁵ If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

¹³ If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

⁸ for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

⁷ Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

⁸ Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

⁷ Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸ Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

⁹ Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

¹² And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

¹³ And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.

⁸ But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

²¹ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

²² Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

²⁴ And lay thou `thy' treasure in the dust, And `the gold of' Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

²⁵ And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

²⁶ For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

²⁷ Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.

²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁹ When they cast `thee' down, thou shalt say, `There is' lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

³⁰ He will deliver `even' him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

⁶ Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

⁷ let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.