"injury. Like the builders on the walls of Jerusalem they must refuse to be diverted from their work by threats or mockery or falsehood. Not for one moment are they to relax their watchfulness or vigilance, for enemies are continually on their track. Ever they must make their prayer to God “and set a watch against them day and night.” Nehemiah 4:9 . PK 659.1"
"Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them."
Ellen White directly references Nehemiah 4:9 in this passage.