early rising
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35And rising up very early, departing, he went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
15And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and provisions to her maids.
4For to you, I will pray. In the morning, Lord, you will hear my voice.
9How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep? 10You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep, 11and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.
147I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.
8Make me hear your mercy in the morning. For I have hoped in you. Make known to me the way that I should walk. For I have lifted up my soul to you.
9Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.
3Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.
148My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.
2It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.
5And when the days of their feasting had been completed, Job sent to them and sanctified them, and, getting up at dawn, he offered holocausts for each one. For he said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and have not praised God in their hearts.” So Job did all the days.
12The night has passed, and the day draws near. Therefore, let us cast aside the works of darkness, and be clothed with the armor of light.
20The Lord also said to Moses: “Arise at first light, and stand in the sight of Pharaoh, for he will go out to the waters. And you will say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Release my people to sacrifice to me.
9My soul has desired you in the night. But I will also watch for you with my spirit, in my inmost heart, from the morning. When you accomplish your judgments upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn justice.
4Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And rising up in the morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.