And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because He has bound them.

So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept [it] not, because Saul inquired of a wizard to seek [counse]l, and Samuel the prophet answered him;

and he sought not the Lord. Therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

but only [troubled him] in his affliction. And he departed yet again from the Lord, and King Ahaz said,

I will seek after the gods of Damascus that attack me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling block to him, and to all Israel.

And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, [that] when you shall be hungry, you shall be grieved, and you shall speak evil of the prince and of your fathers' ordinances; and they shall look up to heaven above,

And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [you] in which you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

And you have forgotten God who made you, who made the sky and founded the earth; and you were continually afraid because of the wrath of him that afflicted you; for [whereas] he counseled to take you away, yet now where is the wrath of him that afflicted you?

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.

Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,

For [it is] the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is His name; and He that delivered you, He is the God of Israel, [and] shall be called [so] by the whole earth.

By day the Lord will command His mercy, and manifest [it] by night; with me [is] prayer to the God of my life.

And I meditated; I communed with my heart by night, and diligently searched my spirit, [saying],

At midnight I arose, to give thanks to You for the judgments of Your righteousness.

The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exalt on their beds.

Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.