My soul waiteth for Yahweh more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, which by night stand in the house of Yahweh.
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
And he cried, as a lion: Yahweh, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.