"Ifyou would directyour heartrightAnd spreadout your handto Him,
He didevilbecausehe did not sethis heartto seekthe LORD.
"But thereis [some] goodin you, for you have removedthe Asherothfrom the landand you have setyour heartto seekGod."
"Whydoes your heartcarryyou away? And whydo your eyesflash,
"Ifyou returnto the Almighty,you will be restored;If you removeunrighteousnessfarfrom your tent,
"You will prayto Him, and He will hearyou; And you will payyour vows.
"Behold,how happyis the manwhom Godreproves,So do not despisethe disciplineof the Almighty.
"But as for me, I would seekGod,And I would placemy causebeforeGod;
I stretchout my handsto You; My soul[longs] for You, as a parchedland.Selah.
Envoyswill comeout of Egypt;Ethiopiawill quicklystretchout her handsto God.
In the dayof my troubleI soughtthe Lord;In the nightmy handwas stretchedout withoutweariness;My soulrefusedto be comforted.
And not be like their fathers,A stubbornand rebelliousgeneration,A generationthat did not prepareits heartAnd whose spiritwas not faithfulto God.
My eyehas wastedawaybecauseof affliction;I have calledupon You everyday,O LORD;I have spreadout my handsto You.
Mosessaidto him, "As soon as I goout of the city,I will spreadout my handsto the LORD;the thunderwill ceaseand there will be hailnolonger,that you may knowthat the earthis the LORD'S.
We liftup our heartand handsTowardGodin heaven;
"And that slavewho knewhis master'swilland did not get readyoractin accordwith his will, willreceivemanylashes,
Then Samuelspoketo allthe houseof Israel,saying,"Ifyou returnto the LORDwith allyour heart,removethe foreigngodsand the Ashtarothfrom amongyou and directyour heartsto the LORDand serveHim alone;and He will deliveryou from the handof the Philistines."
