Think about me and be kind, just as you are to everyone who loves your name.
Show your love for me, your servant, and teach me your laws.
Remember me, LORD, when you show kindness by saving your people.
See my troubles and misery and forgive my sins.
I am lonely and troubled. Show that you care and have pity on me.
“LORD All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I will give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut.”
But if the LORD hears these curses and sees the trouble I'm in, perhaps he will have pity on me instead.
and everyone believed. They bowed down and worshipped the LORD because they knew that he had seen their suffering and was going to help them.
Our LORD, you bless those who live right, and you shield them with your kindness.