The Lord is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

耶和华远离恶人，却听义人的祷告。

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He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

他垂听穷人的祷告，并不藐视他们的祈求。

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He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.

他把祷告和从事基督使徒的工作视为自己的使命。

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In the eighteen hours until his rescue,he says, he kept his mind on prayer and playing music in his head.

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So in the story Dudley is there, pen knife in hand, but instead of the prayer or before the prayer, he says "Parker, would you mind?"

故事里达德利手拿小刀，没有做祷告，或是在做祷告前，他说，派克，介意我们杀你吗“

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Why does he have this difficulty in the specificity of her prayer?

为什么在讲祷告文变得特定对她有困难呢？

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He was then informed he would be disqualified unless he was able to recite a certain prayer, which he managed.

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Visits from a GP, psychiatrist and psychologist did little to help, he said, but then he said a prayer, anointed the girl and lit a candle on his visit.

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