⁷ The ^(A)watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guards of the walls took my shawl away from me.

“Go, station the lookout, have him ^(A)report what he sees.
⁷ When he sees ^[a]a ^(B)column of chariots, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”

“^(C)Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

One keeps calling to me from ^(B)Seir,
“Watchman, ^[b]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, ^[c]how far gone is the night?”

¹² The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”