In Alma 33:4–11, Alma quoted Zenos concerning where one might pray. Amulek now explains what they should pray about. Unlike Zenos’s instructions, Amulek’s instructions do not appear to echo a poem or a hymn. There are clearly similarities in the structure of the lines, but these are similarities of repetition, without paying attention to other forms. There are no real meaningful couplets, nor structural functions. They are powerful instructions, but they appear to be Amulek’s words, given as part of the sermon, and not an inserted poem or hymn.
Even though the instructions were given over two thousand years ago, they remain pertinent to all who desire to call upon the mercy of the Lord.