and then as a widowto the ageof eighty-four.She neverleftthe temple,servingnightand daywith fastingsand prayers.
O my God,I cryby day,but You do not answer;And by night,but I have norest.
Surelygoodnessand lovingkindnesswill followme allthe daysof my life,And I will dwellin the houseof the LORDforever.
OnethingI have askedfrom the LORD,that I shall seek:That I may dwellin the houseof the LORDallthe daysof my life,To beholdthe beautyof the LORDAnd to meditatein His temple.
For a dayin Your courtsis betterthana thousand[outside]. I would rather standat the thresholdof the houseof my GodThandwellin the tentsof wickedness.
How blessedare those who dwellin Your house!They are everpraisingYou. Selah.
Plantedin the houseof the LORD,They will flourishin the courtsof our God.
Moreover, he madethe laverof bronzewith its baseof bronze,from the mirrorsof the servingwomen whoservedat the doorwayof the tentof meeting.
And they saidto Him, "The disciplesof Johnoftenfastand offerprayers,the [disciples] of the Phariseesalsodo the same,but Yourseatand drink."
Then,when they had fastedand prayedand laidtheir handson them, they sent them away.
When they had appointedeldersfor them in everychurch,having prayedwith fasting,they commendedthem to the Lordin whomthey had believed.
[the promise] to whichour twelve tribeshopeto attain,as they earnestlyserve[God] nightand day.And for thishope,O King,I am being accusedby Jews.
Nowshe who is a widowindeedand who has been left alone,has fixed her hopeon Godand continuesin entreatiesand prayersnightand day.
He who overcomes,I will makehim a pillarin the templeof My God,and he will not goout from it anymore;and I will writeon him the nameof My God,and the nameof the cityof My God,the newJerusalem,which comes downout of heavenfrom My God,and My newname.
"For thisreason,they are beforethe throneof God;and they serveHim dayand nightin His temple;and He who sitson the thronewill spread His tabernacleoverthem.
"Thereis nooneholylike the LORD,Indeed,thereis noonebesidesYou, Noris thereany rocklike our God.
