“ As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you 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 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;

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

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Samuel said to all the people of Israel,“ If you are really turning to the LORD with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the LORD and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD.

“ Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

“ But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.

Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the LORD.”