I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, {then} put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation {that} set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. {that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart}

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not {himself}, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes}.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. {prepared: or, fixed}

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, {then} put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves {with him}. {precious...: or, seed basket}

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

If they obey and serve {him}, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

{That} prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though {he be} not {cleansed} according to the purification of the sanctuary.

And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. {sore: Heb. hand}

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; {and} the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth {is} the LORD'S.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation {that} set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. {that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart}

And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

{Are} the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do {it}, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.