My soul {\i waiteth} for the Lord\par\tab More than watchmen {\i wait} for the morning;\par\tab {\i Yea, more than} watchmen for the morning.
I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:\par\tab I hoped in thy words.
When I remember thee upon my bed,\par\tab {\i And} meditate on thee in the night-watches.
And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab Behold, bless ye Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah,\par\tab That by night stand in the house of Jehovah.
Deliver me from all my transgressions:\par\tab Make me not the reproach of the foolish.