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Psalms 119:55
55In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I reflect at night on who you are, O Lord; therefore, I obey your instructions.
Context of Psalms 119:55
53Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law. 54Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge. In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may keep your law. 56This has been my practice: I obey your precepts. 57You are my portion, Lord; I have promised to obey your words.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:55 word by word
זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וָֽ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:55
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 63:6On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
- Psalms 77:6I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
- Psalms 139:18Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
- Job 35:9“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
- Isaiah 26:9My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Luke 6:12One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Psalms 119:17Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
- John 14:21Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
- John 15:10If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain 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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