For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Pray without ceasing.