O Lord, I come before you in prayer.
May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.
The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:
But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.
