Psalms 119:148
My eyes anticipated the night-watches that I might meditate on thy word.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
In Context
147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried. I hoped in thy words.
149Hear my voice according to thy loving kindness. Enliven me, O LORD, according to thine ordinances.
Cross References
Psalms 63:6when I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Psalms 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous ordinances.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches. Pour out thy heart like water before the face of LORD. Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young sons, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:148-149
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. David goes on here to relate how he had abounded in the duty of prayer, much to his comfort and advantage: he cried unto God, that is, offered up to him his pious and devout affections with all seriousness. Observe, I. The handmaids of his devotion. The two great exercises that attended his prayers, and were helpful to them, were, 1. Hope in God's word, which… Read the whole commentary →