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

“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；

“你若把心安正，向祂举手祷告；

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 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.

my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.

and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

And Samuel said to all the house of Israel,“ If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

“ Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy,if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.

And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.

“ As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,

Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”