That night – let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

I will praise the Lord who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.

Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.