Verse 1

I will stand{H5975} upon my watch,{H4931} and set{H3320} me upon the tower,{H4692} and will look{H7200} forth to see{H7200} what he will speak{H1696} with me, and what I shall answer{H7725} concerning my complaint.{H8433}

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 21:8 : 8 And he cried{H7121} as a lion:{H738} O Lord,{H136} I stand{H5975} continually{H8548} upon the watch-tower{H4707} in the day-time,{H3119} and am set{H5324} in my ward{H4931} whole nights;{H3915}
  • Ps 85:8 : 8 I will hear{H8085} what God{H410} Jehovah{H3068} will speak;{H1696} For he will speak{H1696} peace{H7965} unto his people,{H5971} and to his saints:{H2623} But let them not turn again{H7725} to folly.{H3690}
  • Isa 21:5 : 5 They prepare{H6186} the table,{H7979} they set{H6186} the watch,{H6822} they eat,{H398} they drink:{H8354} rise{H6965} up, ye princes,{H8269} anoint{H4886} the shield.{H4043}
  • Isa 21:11-12 : 11 The burden{H4853} of Dumah.{H1746} One calleth{H7121} unto me out of Seir,{H8165} Watchman,{H8104} what of the night?{H3915} Watchman,{H8104} what of the night?{H3915} 12 The watchman{H8104} said,{H559} The morning{H1242} cometh,{H857} and also the night:{H3915} if ye will inquire,{H1158} inquire{H1158} ye: turn{H7725} ye, come.{H857}
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set{H6485} watchmen{H8104} upon thy walls,{H2346} O Jerusalem;{H3389} they shall never{H8548} hold their peace{H2814} day{H3117} nor night:{H3915} ye that are Jehovah's{H3068} remembrancers,{H2142} take ye no rest,{H1824}
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} when I contend{H7378} with thee; yet would I reason{H1696} the cause{H4941} with thee: wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper?{H6743} wherefore are all they at ease{H7951} that deal very{H899} treacherously?{H898}
  • Hab 1:12-17 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting,{H6924} O Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} my Holy One?{H6918} we shall not die.{H4191} O Jehovah,{H3068} thou hast ordained{H7760} him for judgment;{H4941} and thou, O Rock,{H6697} hast established{H3245} him for correction.{H3198} 13 Thou that art of purer{H2889} eyes{H5869} than to behold{H7200} evil,{H7451} and that canst{H3201} not look{H5027} on perverseness,{H5999} wherefore lookest{H5027} thou upon them that deal treacherously,{H898} and holdest thy peace{H2790} when the wicked{H7563} swalloweth{H1104} up the man that is more righteous{H6662} than he; 14 and makest{H6213} men{H120} as the fishes{H1709} of the sea,{H3220} as the creeping things,{H7431} that have no ruler{H4910} over them? 15 He taketh up{H5927} all of them with the angle,{H2443} he catcheth{H1641} them in his net,{H2764} and gathereth{H622} them in his drag:{H4365} therefore he rejoiceth{H8055} and is glad.{H1523} 16 Therefore he sacrificeth{H2076} unto his net,{H2764} and burneth incense{H6999} unto his drag;{H4365} because by them{H1992} his portion{H2506} is fat,{H8082} and his food{H3978} plenteous.{H1277} 17 Shall he therefore empty{H7324} his net,{H2764} and spare{H2550} not to slay{H2026} the nations{H1471} continually?{H8548}
  • 2 Cor 13:3 : 3 seeing{G1893} that ye seek{G2212} a proof{G1382} of Christ{G5547} that speaketh{G2980} in{G1722} me;{G1698} who{G3739} to{G1519} you-ward{G5209} is{G770} not{G3756} weak,{G770} but{G235} is powerful{G1414} in{G1722} you:{G5213}
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal{G601} his{G846} Son{G5207} in{G1722} me,{G1698} that{G2443} I might preach{G2097} him{G846} among{G1722} the Gentiles;{G1484} straightway{G2112} I conferred{G4323} not{G3756} with flesh{G4561} and{G2532} blood:{G129}
  • 2 Sam 18:24 : 24 Now David{H1732} was sitting{H3427} between the two{H8147} gates:{H8179} and the watchman{H6822} went up{H3212} to the roof{H1406} of the gate{H8179} unto the wall,{H2346} and lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, a man{H376} running{H7323} alone.
  • 2 Kgs 9:17 : 17 Now the watchman{H6822} was standing{H5975} on the tower{H4026} in Jezreel,{H3157} and he spied{H7200} the company{H8229} of Jehu{H3058} as he came,{H935} and said,{H559} I see{H7200} a company.{H8229} And Joram{H3088} said,{H559} Take{H3947} a horseman,{H7395} and send{H7971} to meet{H7125} them, and let him say,{H559} Is it peace?{H7965}
  • 2 Kgs 17:9 : 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892}
  • Job 23:5-7 : 5 I would know{H3045} the words{H4405} which he would answer{H6030} me, And understand{H995} what he would say{H559} unto me. 6 Would he contend{H7378} with{H5978} me in the greatness{H7230} of his power?{H3581} Nay; but he would give{H7760} heed unto me. 7 There the upright{H3477} might reason{H3198} with him; So should I be delivered{H6403} for ever{H5331} from my judge.{H8199}
  • Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that{H5414} I had one to hear{H8085} me! (Lo, here is my signature,{H8420} let the Almighty{H7706} answer{H6030} me); And [that I had] the indictment{H5612} which mine adversary{H376} hath written!{H3789}
  • Job 31:37 : 37 I would declare{H5046} unto him the number{H4557} of my steps;{H6806} As a prince{H5057} would I go near{H7126} unto him.
  • Ps 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah,{H3068} in the morning{H1242} shalt thou hear{H8085} my voice;{H6963} In the morning{H1242} will I order{H6186} [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.{H6822}
  • Ps 73:16-17 : 16 When I thought{H2803} how I might know{H3045} this, It was too painful{H5999} for me;{H5869} 17 Until I went{H935} into the sanctuary{H4720} of God,{H410} And considered{H995} their latter end.{H319}