לַ֫יְלָה

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

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.”

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,

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

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;