New Living Translation
Psalms 119:62
62I rise at midnight to thank you for your just regulations.
Psalms 119:62 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
- New International Version (NIV)At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
Context of Psalms 119:62
60I will hurry, without delay, to obey your commands. 61Evil people try to drag me into sin, but I am firmly anchored to your instructions. I rise at midnight to thank you for your just regulations. 63I am a friend to anyone who fears you— anyone who obeys your commandments. 64O Lord, your unfailing love fills the earth; teach me your decrees.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:62 word by word
חֲצֽוֹת־לַ֗יְלָה אָ֭קוּם לְהוֹד֣וֹת לָ֑ךְ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:62
- Psalms 119:147I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.
- Psalms 42:8But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.
- Mark 1:35Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.
- Acts 16:25Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
- Psalms 119:7As I learn your righteous regulations, I will thank you by living as I should!
- Psalms 19:9Reverence for the Lord is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the Lord are true; each one is fair.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?
- Romans 7:12But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:62
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 62At midnight I will rise - We are so overpowered with a sense of thy goodness, that in season and out of season we will return thee thanks.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee - In the usual times of repose; when men are commonly lying in unconscious slumber. My heart is so interested in thy law - my soul is so full - that I am kept wakeful by meditating upon it, and I arise from my bed and offer thee praise. The Hebrew here means, literally, “the half,” or “halving of the night,” the night considered as divided into two equal portions. The idea is, that his mind was so full of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-64Verses 57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-64Heth (ח) is the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist seeks God’s favor and loving devotion. Although surrounded by evildoers, he remains a loyal servant of the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 61-6261-62. This the more, if opposition of enemies, or love of ease is overcome in thus honoring God's law. have robbed me--better, surrounded me, either as forcible constraints like fetters, or as the cords of their nets. Hengstenberg translates, "snares."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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