But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. {toward this place: or, in this place}

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. {and besought...: Heb. and she wept, and besought him}