my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your words.
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 scorn of the fool.
when I think of you on my bed and meditate on you in the watches of the night,
Then the watcher called out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed throughout the night.
Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.