And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.

The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.