God’s Word Translation
Psalms 63:6
6As I lie on my bed, I remember you. Through the long hours of the night, I think about you.
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 I will thank you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands ⌞to pray⌟ in your name. 5You satisfy my soul with the richest foods. My mouth will sing ⌞your⌟ praise with joyful lips. As I lie on my bed, I remember you. Through the long hours of the night, I think about you. 7You have been my help. In the shadow of your wings, I sing joyfully. 8My soul clings to you. Your right hand supports me.
Read all of Psalms 63Psalms 63:6 word by word
אִם־זְכַרְתִּ֥יךָ עַל־יְצוּעָ֑י בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת אֶהְגֶּה־בָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 63:6
- 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 77:4(You keep my eyelids open.) I am so upset that I cannot speak.
- Psalms 119:55At night I remember your name, O Lord, and I follow your teachings.
- Psalms 139:17How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God! How vast in number they are!
- Psalms 149:5Let godly people triumph in glory. Let them sing for joy on their beds.
- Lamentations 2:19Get up! Cry out at night, every hour on the hour. Pour your heart out like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him ⌞in prayer⌟ for the life of your little children who faint from hunger at every street corner.”
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
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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
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