'All Day Long' in the Bible
He said about Benjamin:The Lord’s beloved rests securely on Him.He shields him all day long,and he rests on His shoulders.
Guide me in Your truth and teach me,for You are the God of my salvation;I wait for You all day long.
When I kept silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.
And my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness,Your praise all day long.
I am bent over and brought low;all day long I go around in mourning.
Those who seek my life set traps,and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;they plot treachery all day long.
My tears have been my food day and night,while all day long people say to me,“Where is your God?”
My adversaries taunt me,as if crushing my bones,while all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”
We boast in God all day long;we will praise Your name forever.Selah
My disgrace is before me all day long,and shame has covered my face,
Because of You we are slain all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me;he fights and oppresses me all day long.
They twist my words all day long;all their thoughts against me are evil.
My mouth is full of praiseand honor to You all day long.
My mouth will tell about Your righteousnessand Your salvation all day long,though I cannot sum them up.
Therefore, my tongue will proclaimYour righteousness all day long,for those who seek my harmwill be disgraced and confounded.
May he live long!May gold from Sheba be given to him.May prayer be offered for him continually,and may he be blessed all day long.
For I am afflicted all day longand punished every morning.
Rise up, God, defend Your cause!Remember the insultsthat fools bring against You all day long.
Be gracious to me, Lord,for I call to You all day long.
My eyes are worn out from crying.Lord, I cry out to You all day long;I spread out my hands to You.
They surround me like water all day long;they close in on me from every side.
They rejoice in Your name all day long,and they are exalted by Your righteousness.
My enemies taunt me all day long;they ridicule and curse me.
מ MemHow I love Your instruction!It is my meditation all day long.
who plan evil in their hearts.They stir up wars all day long.
He is filled with craving all day long,but the righteous give and don’t hold back.
But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,who stretched out the heavensand laid the foundations of the earth.You are in constant dread all day longbecause of the fury of the oppressor,who has set himself to destroy.But where is the fury of the oppressor?
So now what have I here”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that My people are taken away for nothing?Its rulers wail”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
I spread out My hands all day longto a rebellious peoplewho walk in the wrong path,following their own thoughts.
They say, ‘Keep to yourself,don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’These practices are smoke in My nostrils,a fire that burns all day long.
מ MemHe sent fire from heaven into my bones;He made it descend.He spread a net for my feetand turned me back.He made me desolate,sick all day long.
Yes, He repeatedly turns His handagainst me all day long.
I am a laughingstock to all my people,mocked by their songs all day long.
The slander and murmuring of my opponentsattack me all day long.
As it is written:Because of Youwe are being put to death all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people.