TSK · Psalms 27:4

She vowed a vow, and said, "Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head."

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all."

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;

When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.