If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Which

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

[A Song or Psalm for the Sons of Karah. To the Chief Musician upon mahanath leannoth. A maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

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

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day;

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.

Though

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] How long will you forget me, O LORD? forever? how long will you hide your face from me?

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.

General references

For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.