2 I will stand at my watch^(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;^(B)
I will look to see what he will say^(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.^[a](D)

“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
    every night I stay at my post.

⁶ I have posted watchmen^(A) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(B)

⁸ I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace^(A) to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.^(B)

¹⁶ When I tried to understand^(A) all this,
    it troubled me deeply
¹⁷ till I entered the sanctuary^(B) of God;
    then I understood their final destiny.^(C)

³ In the morning,^(A) Lord, you hear my voice;
    in the morning I lay my requests before you
    and wait expectantly.^(B)