Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night.
In the early evening Isaac went out to walk in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming.
Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food.
May my meditation be pleasing to Him; I will rejoice in the Lord.
Hallelujah! Happy is the man who fears the Lord, taking great delight in His commands.
How happy are those whose way is blameless, who live according to the Lord’s instruction!
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.
Help me stay on the path of Your commands, for I take pleasure in it.
Instruction from Your lips is better for me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
If Your instruction had not been my delight, I would have died in my affliction.
I delight to do Your will, my God; Your instruction lives within me.”
Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart, for I am called by Your name, Yahweh God of Hosts.
Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?
and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
For in my inner self I joyfully agree with God’s law.
For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.
Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.
For this is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden,