But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.
I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:
and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.
At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away.
Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz. For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.
So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
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