If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If you will seek God diligently and make your supplication to the Almighty,
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If you will search eagerly for God, plead with the Almighty.
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
“How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
“As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.