Psalms 63:6

Psalms 63:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
• New International Version (NIV)On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
• English Standard Version (ESV)when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

Context of Psalms 63:6

4So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips. When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches: 7For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy. 8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

Psalms 63:6 word by word

אִם־זְכַרְתִּ֥יךָ עַל־יְצוּעָ֑י בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת אֶהְגֶּה־בָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 63:6

• Psalms 42:8In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the God of my life.
• Psalms 77:4Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
• Psalms 119:55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
• Psalms 139:17But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
• Psalms 149:5Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
• Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.

Commentaries on Psalms 63:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6When I remember thee upon my bed - I will lie down in thy fear and love; that I may sleep soundly under thy protection, and awake with a sense of thy presence and approbation; and when I awake in the night watches, or be awakened by them, I will spend the waking moments in meditation upon thee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6When I remember thee upon my bed - See the notes at Psalm 42:8. That is, when I lie down at night; when I compose myself to sleep. Nothing can be more proper than that our last thoughts, as we sink into quiet slumber, should be of God; of his being, his character, his mercy, his loving-kindness; of the dealings of his providence, and the manifestations of his grace toward us, during the day; and nothing is better suited to compose the mind to rest, and to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-6Verses 3-6 Even in affliction we need not want matter for praise. When this is the regular frame of a believer's mind, he values the loving-kindness of God more than life. God's loving-kindness is our spiritual life, and that is better than temporal life. We must praise God with joyful lips; we must address ourselves to the duties of religion with cheerfulness, and speak forth the praises of God from a principle of holy joy. Praising lips must be joyful…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Meditating on God requires focus, concentration, thought, and reflection (see Psalm 1:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. Full spiritual blessings satisfy his desires, and acts of praise fill his thoughts and time.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 63:6

• Faith
• Joy
• Love
• Meditation
• Night
• Praise
• Salvation
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

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• Remember
• Wing
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
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• Meditation
• Psalms, Book of
• Day

Commentaries on Psalms 63

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings