Night

And they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

…the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.

But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

…the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.

…let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.

So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

…so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”

At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”

Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

…to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

…the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

…even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

…at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.

She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!