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Psalms 63:6
6On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night.
Context of Psalms 63:6
4I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. 8I cling to you; your right hand upholds 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 42:8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 77:4You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.
- Psalms 119:55In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
- Psalms 139:17How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
- Psalms 149:5Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
- Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your 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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