"But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause --

If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,

If you [were] pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

" Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.

Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."

And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD.

"Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God."

And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation [that] did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

"And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare [himself] or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes.]

Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

My eye wastes away because of affliction. LORD, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

I spread out my hands to You; My soul [longs] for You like a thirsty land. Selah