Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

Which

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

O Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out by day [and] through the night before you.

night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

But the widow [who is one] truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.

{I am thankful} to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience {as my ancestors did}, when {I remember you constantly} in my prayers night and day,

Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne {will shelter} them.

Though

How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

For [there is] yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.

General references

For {Yahweh has a day of vengeance}, a year of retribution for the strife of Zion.