English Standard Version
Psalms 119:62
62At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
Psalms 119:62 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
- New International Version (NIV)At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
- New King James Version (NKJV)At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I rise at midnight to thank you for your just regulations.
Context of Psalms 119:62
60I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. 61Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law. At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules. 63I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts. 64The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:62 word by word
חֲצֽוֹת־לַ֗יְלָה אָ֭קוּם לְהוֹד֣וֹת לָ֑ךְ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:62
- Psalms 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
- Mark 1:35And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
- Psalms 119:7I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
- Psalms 19:9the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
- Romans 7:12So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:62
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 62At midnight I will rise - We are so overpowered with a sense of thy goodness, that in season and out of season we will return thee thanks.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee - In the usual times of repose; when men are commonly lying in unconscious slumber. My heart is so interested in thy law - my soul is so full - that I am kept wakeful by meditating upon it, and I arise from my bed and offer thee praise. The Hebrew here means, literally, “the half,” or “halving of the night,” the night considered as divided into two equal portions. The idea is, that his mind was so full of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-64Verses 57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-64Heth (ח) is the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist seeks God’s favor and loving devotion. Although surrounded by evildoers, he remains a loyal servant of the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 61-6261-62. This the more, if opposition of enemies, or love of ease is overcome in thus honoring God's law. have robbed me--better, surrounded me, either as forcible constraints like fetters, or as the cords of their nets. Hengstenberg translates, "snares."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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