And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications - literally, 'intercessions and entreaties for mercy.' Praying for blessings and deprecating evils х tªpilaah (H8605) wªtachªnuwniym (H8469)].