⁷ And when you pray, ^(A)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. ^(B)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

⁸ “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father ^(C)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.

^47 (A)Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was ^[a]founded on the rock. ⁴⁹ But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it ^[b]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

¹⁸ Therefore take heed how you hear. ^(A)For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he ^[a]seems to ^(B)have will be taken from him.”

³⁵ And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ^(A)“This is ^[a]My beloved Son. ^(B)Hear Him!”

²⁸ But He said, ^(A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

^13 (A)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused ^(B)from His holy habitation!”

A Calm Resolve to Wait for the Salvation of God

To the Chief Musician. To ^(A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.