“Prayers are recited early in the morning so that the first movements of the soul and the mind may be consecrated to God and that we may take up no other consideration before we have been cheered and heartened by the thought of God, as it is written: "I remembered God and was delighted," and that the body may not busy…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — THE LONG RULES
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2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
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1I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
— Psalms 77:2 —
3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.