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Psalms 119:148
148I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise.
Psalms 119:148 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:148
146I cry out to you; rescue me, that I may obey your laws. 147I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words. I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise. 149In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations. 150Lawless people are coming to attack me; they live far from your instructions.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:148 word by word
קִדְּמ֣וּ עֵ֭ינַי אַשְׁמֻר֑וֹת לָ֝שִׂ֗יחַ בְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:148
- Psalms 119:62I rise at midnight to thank you for your just regulations.
- Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
- Psalms 139:17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
- Lamentations 2:19Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children, for in every street they are faint with hunger.
- Luke 6:12One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:148
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 148Mine eyes prevent the night watches - Luther renders this, “I wake up early.” The Hebrew word means a “watch” - a part of the night, so called from military watches, or a dividing of the night to “keep guard.” See the notes at Psalm 90:4. The idea of the psalmist here is, that he anticipated these regular divisions of the night in order that he might engage in devotion. Instead of waiting for their return, he arose for prayer before they recurred - so…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 145-152Verses 145-152 Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go but to his father? Save me from my sins, my corruptions, my temptations, all the hinderances in my way, that I may keep thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health, should not suffer the early hours of the morning to glide away unimproved. Hope in God's word encourages us to continue in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 145-148I rise and anticipate translate the same Hebrew verb.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 145-149145-149. An intelligent devotion is led by divine promises and is directed to an increase of gracious affections, arising from a contemplation of revealed truth.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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