'Watching' in the Bible
Now it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.
When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.
“Blessed is the man who listens to me,Watching daily at my gates,Waiting at my doorposts.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place,Watching the evil and the good.
He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”
Therefore a lion from the forest will slay them,A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,A leopard is watching their cities.Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,Because their transgressions are many,Their apostasies are numerous.
For I have heard the whispering of many,“Terror on every side!Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”All my trusted friends,Watching for my fall, say:“Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against himAnd take our revenge on him.”
Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone.
Yet our eyes failed,Looking for help was useless;In our watching we have watchedFor a nation that could not save.
So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the Lord.