Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,

“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

Commune

Tremble,

and do not sin;

Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

And

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.

But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

General references

When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches,