For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.

The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.

Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.

Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.

But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;

I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications;

For he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during [all] my days.

Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;

With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

For the people shall dwell in Zion, at Jerusalem. Thou shalt weep no more; he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; as he heareth it, he will answer thee.

Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

and there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hidden thy face from us, and hast caused us to melt away through our iniquities.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart,

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.

Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.

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

Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.

Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the] heavens.

For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.

And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what [is done] to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass.

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as *I* will, but as *thou* [wilt].

For this reason I say to you, All things whatsoever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come to pass for you.

And *I* say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;

but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;

and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;

And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.

But he who searches the hearts knows what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for saints according to God.

But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,

praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in [the] Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

pray unceasingly;

I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.

Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.

But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.

but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.

And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.