But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.

I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.

O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life.

Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.

When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.

I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, And my spirit makes diligent search.

In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

A Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A Contemplation of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.

For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night,

You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, And I keep Your law.

My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.

The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.