New Living Translation
Psalms 63:6
6I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through 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.
- 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
4I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. 5You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy. I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. 7Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings. 8I cling to you; your strong right hand holds me securely.
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 42:8But 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.
- Psalms 77:4You don’t let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray!
- Psalms 119:55I reflect at night on who you are, O Lord; therefore, I obey your instructions.
- Psalms 139:17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
- Psalms 149:5Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.
- 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.
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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