⁸ By day the Lord directs his love,^(A)
    at night^(B) his song^(C) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.^(D)

⁵ Let his faithful people rejoice^(A) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.^(B)

⁶ On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.^(A)

⁷ I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;^(A)
    even at night^(B) my heart instructs me.

¹⁰ But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,^(A)
    who gives songs^(B) in the night,^(C)

⁴ You are my King^(A) and my God,^(B)
    who decrees^[a] victories^(C) for Jacob.

³ It is as if the dew^(A) of Hermon^(B)
    were falling on Mount Zion.^(C)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,^(D)
    even life forevermore.^(E)