Psa 42:8, 77:4-6, 119:55, 147-148, 139:17-18, 149:5, Song 3:1-2, 5:2 | ESV | STEP | By day the Lord commands his steadfast love , and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life .

u[See ver. 1 above]

v[Rev. 3:20]

w ch. 4:9, 10, 12

xSee ch. 1:15

ySee ch. 2:14

z ch. 6:9; [ch. 4:7]

aa ver. 11

Psalms 42:8

8 By day the Lord ^acommands his steadfast love,
and at ^bnight his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalms 77:4-6

4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so ^ctroubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider ^dthe days of old,
the years long ago.
6 I said, ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks I said} “Let me remember my ^fsong in the night;
let me ^gmeditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:

Psalms 119:55

55 I ^hremember your name in the night, O Lord,
and keep your law.

Psalms 119:147-148

147 I rise before ⁱdawn and cry for help;
I ^jhope in your words.
148 My eyes are awake before ^kthe watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promise.

Psalms 139:17-18

17 How precious to me are your ^lthoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 ^mIf I would count them, they are more than ⁿthe sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

Psalms 149:5

5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them ^osing for joy on their ^pbeds.

Song of Solomon 3:1-2

The Bride’s Dream

1 On my bed ^qby night
I sought ^rhim whom my soul loves;
^sI sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city,
in ^tthe streets and in the squares;
I will seek ^uhim whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.

Song of Solomon 5:2

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is ^vknocking.
“Open to me, my ^wsister, my ^xlove,
my ^ydove, my ^zperfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my ^aalocks with the drops of the night.”