God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.