Listen to my words, Lord, Consider my sighing.
Hear a just cause, Lord, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
Hear my prayer, God; Listen to the words of my mouth.
Hear my voice, God, in my complaint; Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
Listen, Shepherd of Israel, Who leads Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
Incline Your ear, Lord, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy.
Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”
As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were quivering, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought that she was drunk.
Do not consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”
