Lo! God is my saviour, I shall do faithfully, and I shall not dread. For why the Lord is my strength and my praising, and he is made to me into health.
And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who engendered these sons to me? I am barren, not bearing child; I am led over, and prisoner; and who nourished these sons? I am destitute, and alone; and where were these?
Who of you dreadeth the Lord, and heareth the voice of his servant? Who went in darknesses, and light is not to him, hope he in the name of the Lord, and trust he on his God.
Thou barren, that childest not, praise; thou that childest not, sing praising, and make joy; for why many sons be of the forsaken, more than of her that had [the] husband, saith the Lord.
From on high he sent fire in my bones, and taught me; he spreaded abroad a net to my feet, he turned me aback; he setted me desolate, meddled together all day with mourning.
But in those days, when the number of disciples increased, the Greeks grutched against the Hebrews, for that their widows were despised in every day’s ministering.
And Peter rose up, and came with them. And when he was come, they led him into the solar. And all the widows stood about him, weeping, and showing coats and clothes, which Dorcas made to them.
And a woman unwedded and [a] maiden thinketh what things be of the Lord, that she be holy in body and spirit. But she that is wedded, thinketh what things be of the world, how she shall please the husband [or her husband].
I do thankings to my God, to whom I serve from my progenitors [or my ancestors], in clean conscience, that without ceasing I have mind of thee in my prayers, night and day,