My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; indeed, more than those who watch for the morning.
I rise before the dawning of the morning and cry for help; I hope in Your word.
When I remember You upon my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,
Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
Then the watchman called: “O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am stationed at my guard post every night.
Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish.