They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

The night watchmen found me – the ones who guard the city walls. “Have you seen my beloved?”

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

“You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north.

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

And he told the army, “Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.

When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,