For the music director, on the wind instruments, a psalm of David.
A prayer of David. Hear, Adonai, a just plea, listen to my cry! Give ear to my prayer— from lips with no deceit.
Also keep Your servant from willful sins. May they not have dominion over me. Then I will be blameless, free from great transgression.
when the Ziphites came and said to Saul: “Is not David hiding himself among us?”
For the music director, a psalm of David.
For the music director, on “Lilies,” a testimony: a psalm of Asaph.
A prayer of David. Turn Your ear, Adonai, and answer me, for I am weak and needy.
In the same way, the Ruach helps in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Ruach Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
For the eyes of Adonai are on the righteous and His ears open to their prayer, but the face of Adonai is against those who do evil.”
Now Hannah was praying in her heart—only her lips were moving, but her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
Don’t consider your handmaid a wicked woman. For out of my great anguish and grief I’ve been praying until now.”