Quotes About Vigilance

At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”

So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ëNo eye will see me,í he covers his face.

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.