Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.