For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.

You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise you, 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 inquired early after God.

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

Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.

And he spoke 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, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

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

Pray without ceasing.