Nehemiah 4:9 in the King James Version
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Context
8 and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
9 But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
10 Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”