'Watched' in the Bible

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,As in the days when God watched over me;

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

As I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord.

Yet our eyes failed,Looking for help was useless;In our watching we have watchedFor a nation that could not save.