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.
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.
When I remember You upon my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,
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.
Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.