Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.