My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
Luke 2:37 - New International Version (Anglicised) and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped night and day, fasting and praying. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as a widow even for eighty-four years. She did not go out from the temple enclosure, but was worshiping night and day with fasting and prayer. American Standard Version (1901) and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day. Common English Bible She was now an 84-year-old widow. She never left the temple area but worshipped God with fasting and prayer night and day. Catholic Public Domain Version And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day. |
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
They said to him, ‘John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.’
So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.
The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.
The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
Therefore, ‘they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
‘There is no-one holy like the Lord; there is no-one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.