They would spend the night in their posts all around God&#8217;s sanctuary,<n id="1" /> for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

<p class="poetry">For his anger lasts only a brief moment,p> <p class="poetry">and his good favor restores one&#8217;s life.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">One may experience sorrow during the night,p> <p class="poetry">but joy arrives in the morning.<n id="2" />p>

On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">I have asked the <sc>Lordsc> for one thing &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">this is what I desire!p> <p class="poetry">I want to live<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house<n id="2" /> all the days of my life,p> <p class="poetry">so I can gaze at the splendor<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and contemplate in his temple.p>