By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me— God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.
The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’