Therefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

A Song of Ascents.
Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord.

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,

For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.

And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

Lifting

Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

If I

regard wickedness in my heart,

The Lord will not hear;

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary

And bless the Lord.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,

I will hide My eyes from you;

Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the naked, to cover him;
And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and

offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

“But now will you not entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Without

God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before

the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the

fiery hell.

‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”

And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he

fell asleep.

You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with

someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

And

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

General references

So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;