¹ > Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.

¹⁴ This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

¹⁵ And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

² Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.

¹ > Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

¹ > Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication.

² Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

¹ > Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

¹² For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears open to their prayer; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.

¹ > Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, For I am poor and needy.

¹ > Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

¹⁶ Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

¹³ Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.