I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
And the lookout shouted, “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord.
Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.