midnight
Silence reigned throughout Babylon . The faithful night guardians solemnly paraded the streets in the performance of their important duties . The queen of cities was hushed to repose ; its vast thousands had , for a while , forgotten their toil and sorrow . Old midnight was left far in the rear , and some faint signs in the eastern skies betokened the distant approach of day . But yonder , on their bended knees , see the trembling forms of Amonober 's children ! For many hours they have wrestled with God . Does He hear them ?