Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, and with my whole heart I said,
But when I realized I could not possess her unless God granted her to me, and recognizing that this too was a mark of wisdom, knowing whose gift she was, I prayed to the Lord and pleaded with him, and said with all my heart:
