4 You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
Psalms 77:4
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Psalms 132:3–5
3 “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, 5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Job 30:26–28
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell. 27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me. 28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
Psalms 119:147–149
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. 148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word. 149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
Proverbs 6:3–5
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor. 4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunte…
Job 30:16–18
16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. 17 Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest. 18 With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
Psalms 102:6–8
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. 7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. 8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
Psalms 39:8–10
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. 9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. 10 Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
2 Esdras 14:42–44
42 The Most High gave understanding to the five men, and they wrote by course the things that were told them, in characters which they didn’t know, and they sat forty days. Now they wrote in the day-time, and at night they ate bread. (WEB) 43 As for me, I spoke in the day… (WEB)
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