Isaac went out to meditate strolling in the field at dusk. Then he lifted up his eyes and saw, behold, camels were coming.
Psalm 1:2 - Tree of Life Version But his delight is in the Torah of Adonai, and on His Torah he meditates day and night. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; And in his law doth he meditate day and night. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. [Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 3:1-29; II Tim. 3:16.] American Standard Version (1901) But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night. Common English Bible Instead of doing those things, these persons love the LORD’s Instruction, and they recite God’s Instruction day and night! Catholic Public Domain Version But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night. |
Isaac went out to meditate strolling in the field at dusk. Then he lifted up his eyes and saw, behold, camels were coming.
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the Torah of Adonai, to observe and to teach its statues 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 bread.
Halleluyah! Happy is the man who fears Adonai, who delights greatly in His mitzvot.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Torah of Adonai.
I have treasured Your word in my heart, so I might not sin against You.
The Torah from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
If Your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Then I said: “Here I am, I have come— in the scroll of a book it is written about me.
A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah, for the music director, for singing Mahalath, a contemplative song of Heman the Ezrahite.
Your words were found, so I ate them. Your words were a delight to me and the joy of my heart. For I am called by Your Name, Adonai-Elohei-Tzva’ot.
Won’t God do justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night? Will He be slow to help them?
and then as a widow until age eighty-four. She never left the Temple, serving night and day with fasting and prayers.
For you recall, brothers and sisters, our labor and hardship—working night and day, so as not to burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the Good News of God.
Practice these things—be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be clear to all.
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my forefathers did, when I continually remember you in my prayers night and day.
This book of the Torah should not depart from your mouth—you are to meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will make your ways prosperous and then you will be successful.
For this is the love of God—that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.