If thou prepare thine heart] Chap. 5. 8. and 22. 21. To seek after God, Psalms 78:8. 2 Chron. 19. 3. stretch out thine hands towards him] According to the custome of the ancients, to pray to God not with hands joyned together, but with arms stretched out, and hands held up towards heaven, 1 Kings 8:22.