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Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”

If you remove the yoke from among you,
    the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,(A)

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Then you will call,(A) and the Lord will answer;(B)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(C) and malicious talk,(D)

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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A) 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,(B)

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12 Then you will call(A) on me and come and pray(B) to me, and I will listen(C) to you. 13 You will seek(D) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(E)

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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)

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15 and call(A) on me in the day of trouble;(B)
    I will deliver(C) you, and you will honor(D) me.”

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24 Before they call I will answer,
    while they are yet speaking I will hear.(A)

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24 Before they call(A) I will answer;(B)
    while they are still speaking(C) I will hear.

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Ask, Search, Knock

“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B)

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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)

“Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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15 When you stretch out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    your hands are full of blood.(A)

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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

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13 winking the eyes, shuffling the feet,
    pointing the fingers,(A)

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13     who winks maliciously with his eye,(A)
    signals with his feet
    and motions with his fingers,(B)

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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
    I will be with them in trouble;
    I will rescue them and honor them.(A)

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15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.(A)

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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
    to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(B)
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and rescues them from all their troubles.(C)

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15 The eyes of the Lord(A) are on the righteous,(B)
    and his ears are attentive(C) to their cry;
16 but the face of the Lord is against(D) those who do evil,(E)
    to blot out their name(F) from the earth.

17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears(G) them;
    he delivers them from all their troubles.

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They utter lies to each other;
    with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.(A)

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Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

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21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(A)

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21 Dear friends,(A) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(B) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(C) because we keep his commands(D) and do what pleases him.(E)

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Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.(A)

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When hard pressed,(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.(B)

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Take delight in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.(A)

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Take delight(A) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.(B)

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