1 Timothy 5:5

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Summary

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

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And desolate

And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!

And thou hast said in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence are they?

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more are the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.

Trusteth

Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'

With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

Lo, God is my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.

Who is among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

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and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --