Psalms 119:55
I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In Context
54Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
56This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
Psalms 42:8\42:7\Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
Psalms 77:6\77:5\My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.
Psalms 119:34Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
Psalms 139:18If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.
Luke 6:12And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:55
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Here is, 1. David's state and condition; he was in the house of his pilgrimage, which may be understood either as his peculiar trouble (he was often tossed and hurried, and forced to fly) or as his lot in common with all. This world is the house of our pilgrimage, the house in which we are pilgrims; it is our tabernacle; it is our inn. We must confess ourselves strangers and pilgrims upon earth, who are not at home here, nor must be here long. Even… Read the whole commentary →