'Day' in the Bible

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.

"Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, 'A man has been conceived!'

That day -- let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

Let those who curse the day curse it -- those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

he wanders about -- food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.

that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God's wrath?

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.

My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.

The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

The Lord watches over the innocent day by day and they possess a permanent inheritance.

All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

In God I boast all day long, and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)

All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

Then I will sing praises to your name continually, as I fulfill my vows day after day.

The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)

I praise you constantly and speak of your splendor all day long.

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.

May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!

I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning."

You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.

He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

Sound the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice.

You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!

He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it.

(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.

Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

The sun will not harm you by day, or the moon by night.

the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures,

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

Every day I will praise you! I will praise your name continually!

Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

The Lord works everything for its own ends -- even the wicked for the day of disaster.

All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the Lord.

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man --

A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth -- even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night --

Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!

The Beloved's Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud -- they will be humiliated;

Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.