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

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On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.(A)

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Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.(A)

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19 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.

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19 Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(A) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.(B)
Lift up your hands(C) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint(D) from hunger
    at every street corner.

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