I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart
Him who forms mountains and creates wind, who declares to humankind his thoughts, who turns the morning to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth - Adonai ELOHEI-Tzva'ot is his name