'Night' in the Bible

Then the Lord will create a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night over the entire site of Mount Zion and over its assemblies. For there will be a canopy over all the glory,

They crossed over at the ford, saying,“We will spend the night at Geba.”The people of Ramah are trembling;those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.

An oracle against Moab:Ar in Moab is devastated,destroyed in a night.Kir in Moab is devastated,destroyed in a night.

Give us counsel and make a decision.Shelter us at noondaywith shade that is as dark as night.Hide the refugees;do not betray the one who flees.

Then the lookout reported,“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,and I stay at my post all night.

An oracle against Dumah:One calls to me from Seir,“Watchman, what is left of the night?Watchman, what is left of the night?”

The watchman said,“Morning has come, and also night.If you want to ask, ask!Come back again.”

An oracle against Arabia:In the desert brushyou will camp for the night,you caravans of Dedanites.

I long for You in the night;yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,for when Your judgments are in the land,the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

I, Yahweh, watch over it;I water it regularly.I guard it night and dayso that no one disturbs it.

Every time it passes through,it will carry you away;it will pass through every morning—every day and every night.Only terror will cause youto understand the message.

All the many nationsgoing out to battle against Ariel—all the attackers, the siege works against her,and those who oppress her—will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.

Your singing will be like thaton the night of a holy festival,and your heart will rejoicelike one who walks to the music of a flute,going up to the mountain of the Lord,to the Rock of Israel.

It will never go out—day or night.Its smoke will go up forever.It will be desolate, from generation to generation;no one will pass through it forever and ever.

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from melike a shepherd’s tent.I have rolled up my life like a weaver;He cuts me off from the loom.You make an end of me from day until night.

I thought until the morning:He will break all my bones like a lion;You make an end of me day and night.

and if you offer yourself to the hungry,and satisfy the afflicted one,then your light will shine in the darkness,and your night will be like noonday.

Therefore justice is far from us,and righteousness does not reach us.We hope for light, but there is darkness;for brightness, but we live in the night.

Your gates will always be open;they will never be shut day or nightso that the wealth of the nationsmay be brought into you,with their kings being led in procession.

Jerusalem,I have appointed watchmen on your walls;they will never be silent, day or night.There is no rest for you,who remind the Lord.