For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug for my soul.

They rewarded me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

And those who render evil for good oppose me, because I follow what is good.

And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he had died.

Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

As for me, I will call upon God, and Jehovah will deliver me.

Evening and morning and at noon I meditate and am in a stir; and He will hear my voice.

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, and I am the taunting song of the drunkards.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Jehovah, in a favorable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercies hear me, in the truth of Your salvation.

And someone reported to David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!

And it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he bowed down before God, that behold Hushai the Archite was coming to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.

And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And in his roof room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed and praised before his God, as he did before.

But they were filled with madness, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Now it came to pass in those days that He went out into the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And they divided His garments and cast lots.