Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

The Fall of Lucifer

“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us.

The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; Return! Come back!”

As often as it goes out it will take you; For morning by morning it will pass over, And by day and by night; It will be a terror just to understand the report.”

O Lord, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.

I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

“The Lord God has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.

Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.