Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:9
Surrounding context
4:8 and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion.
4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.
4:10 Then Judah said, "The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall."