'Night' in the Bible

then the Lord will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.

The oracle concerning Moab.Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.

“Give us advice, make a decision;Cast your shadow like night at high noon;Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.

Then the lookout called,“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

The oracle concerning Edom.One keeps calling to me from Seir,“Watchman, how far gone is the night?Watchman, how far gone is the night?”

The watchman says,“Morning comes but also night.If you would inquire, inquire;Come back again.”

The oracle about Arabia.In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night,O caravans of Dedanites.

At night my soul longs for You,Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;For when the earth experiences Your judgmentsThe inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

“I, the Lord, am its keeper;I water it every moment.So that no one will damage it,I guard it night and day.

“As often as it passes through, it will seize you;For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”

And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel,Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival,And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.

It will not be quenched night or day;Its smoke will go up forever.From generation to generation it will be desolate;None will pass through it forever and ever.

The desert creatures will meet with the wolves,The hairy goat also will cry to its kind;Yes, the night monster will settle thereAnd will find herself a resting place.

“Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;As a weaver I rolled up my life.He cuts me off from the loom;From day until night You make an end of me.

“I composed my soul until morning.Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones,From day until night You make an end of me.

“Your gates will be open continually;They will not be closed day or night,So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations,With their kings led in procession.

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;All day and all night they will never keep silent.You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;

Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;Who eat swine’s flesh,And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.