For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

Commune

Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

And

Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;

I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

General references

When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches: