God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:55
55At night I remember your name, O Lord, and I follow your teachings.
Psalms 119:55 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, And I keep Your law.
Context of Psalms 119:55
53I am burning with anger because of wicked people, who abandon your teachings. 54Your laws have become like psalms to me in this place where I am only a foreigner. At night I remember your name, O Lord, and I follow your teachings. 56This has happened to me because I have obeyed your guiding principles. 57You are my inheritance, O Lord. I promised to hold on to your words.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:55 word by word
זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וָֽ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:55
- Psalms 42:8The Lord commands his mercy during the day, and at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 63:6As I lie on my bed, I remember you. Through the long hours of the night, I think about you.
- Psalms 77:6I remember my song in the night and reflect ⌞on it⌟. My spirit searches ⌞for an answer⌟:
- Psalms 139:18If I try to count them, there would be more of them than there are grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until dawn.
- Job 35:9The weight of oppression makes them cry out. The power of mighty people makes them call for help.
- Isaiah 26:9With my soul I long for you at night. Yes, with my spirit I eagerly look for you. When your guiding principles are on earth, those who live in the world learn to do what is right.
- Luke 6:12At that time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God.
- Acts 16:25Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
- Psalms 119:17Be kind to me so that I may live and hold on to your word.
- John 14:21Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father’s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.”
- John 15:10If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father’s commandments, and in that way I live in his love.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 55I have remembered thy name - Thou art Jehovah; and as our God thou hast made thyself known unto us. In the deepest night of our affliction this has consoled me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night - I have thought on thee in the night, when on my bed; I have done it in the night of calamity and sorrow. See the notes at Psalm 63:6.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 49-56Verses 49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions. Let us be certain we have the Divine law for what we believe, and then let not scoffers prevail upon us to decline from it. God's judgments of old…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-56Zayin (ז) is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist asks God to remember his word as the psalmist also remembers God’s word and his name. Remembrance expresses devotion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5652-56. The pious take comfort, when harassed and distressed by wickedness of men who forsake God's law, in remembering that the great principles of God's truth will still abide; and also God's judgments of old--that is, His past interpositions in behalf of His people are a pledge that He will again interpose to deliver them; and they become the theme of constant and delightful meditation. The more we keep the more we love the law of God.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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