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At the window, she leans and watches, Sisera's mother, through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long coming? Why so delayed the hoof-beats from his chariot?' (Judges 5, 28)
(a) On the third day, when she had finished praying, she took off her suppliant's mourning attire and dressed herself in her full splendour. Radiant as she then appeared, she invoked God who watches over all people and saves them. With her, she took two ladies-in-waiting. With a delicate air she learned on one, while the other accompanied her carrying her train. Rosy with the full flush of her beauty, her face radiated joy and love: but her heart shrank with hear. Having passed through door after door, she found herself in the presence of the king. He was sitting on his royal throne, dressed in all his robes of state, glittering with gold and precious stones-- a formidable sight. He looked up, afire with majesty and, blazing with anger, saw her. The queen sank to the floor. As she fainted, the colour drained from her face and her head fell against the lady-in-waiting beside her. But God changed the king's heart, inducing a milder spirit. He sprang from his throne in alarm and took her in his arms until she recovered, comforting her with soothing words. 'What is the matter, Esther?' he said. 'I am your brother. Take heart, you are not going to die; our order applies only to ordinary people. Come to me.' (Esther 5, 1)
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, 'No one will see me,' he mutters as he masks his face.In the daytime they keep out of sight, these people who do not want to know the light. (Job 24, 15)
He puts me in the stocks, he watches my every path'? (Job 33, 11)
from which she watches for prey, fixing it with her far-ranging eye. (Job 39, 29)
For Yahweh watches over the path of the upright, but the path of the wicked is doomed. (Psalms 1, 6)
In the undergrowth he lies in ambush, in his hiding-place he murders the innocent. He watches intently for the downtrodden, (Psalms 10, 8)
from the place where he sits he watches all who dwell on the earth; (Psalms 33, 14)
But see how Yahweh watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love, (Psalms 33, 18)
On my bed when I think of you, I muse on you in the watches of the night, (Psalms 63, 6)
[Song of Ascents] Come, bless Yahweh, all you who serve Yahweh, serving in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of the house of our God. Through the night watches (Psalms 134, 1)
He who has his dwelling in heaven watches over the place and defends it, and he strikes down and destroys those who come to harm it.' (2 Maccabees 3, 39)
