“你若把心安正，向祂举手祷告；

“你若将心安正，又向主举手；

“至于你，若坚固己心，又向主举手；

“至于你，若坚固己心，又向主举手；

你若心里归向他，又向他伸手祷告；

你若將心安正，又向主舉手；

「至於你，若堅固己心，又向主舉手；

「至於你，若堅固己心，又向主舉手；

「你若把心安正，向祂舉手禱告；

你若心裡歸向他，又向他伸手禱告；

『你呢，你若將心守正，伸開雙手向他禱告——

爾若秉心正直、向上帝舉手、

爾如洗心、祈禱上帝、

爾若定心、定心或作洗心向天主舉手、

“ Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

“ So commit yourself to God completely. Reach out your hands to him for help.

“ If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him.

“ If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!

As for you, if you redirect your heart and spread out your hands to him in prayer—

“ If you would direct your heart rightly And spread out your hands to Him,

“ If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him;

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

As for you, if you redirect your heart and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

“ As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

“ If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

我的眼睛因哭泣而视力模糊。耶和华啊，我天天呼求你，举手向你呼求。

也不会像自己的祖先那样顽梗叛逆，对上帝不忠，心怀二意。

撒母耳对他们说：“如果你们全心归向耶和华，就要除掉你们那些外族的神明，包括亚斯她录神像，一心归向耶和华，单单事奉祂，祂必从非利士人手中救你们。”

我举手向你呼求，我的心渴慕你如同干旱之地渴慕甘霖。（细拉）

罗波安行为邪恶，因为他不专心寻求耶和华。

“你要顺从上帝，与祂和好，福乐就会临到你。你要接受祂的教诲，把祂的话谨记在心。

但你若寻求上帝，向全能者恳求；你若纯洁、正直，祂必起身相助，恢复你应有的家园。

明知主人的意思却不准备，也不遵行主人吩咐的仆人，必受更重的责打。

“若是我，就向上帝求助，向祂陈明苦衷。

埃及的使节来朝见，古实也要归降上帝。

然而你还有善行，因为你铲除境内的亚舍拉神像，立志寻求上帝。”