Psalms 119:55
I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have observed Thy law.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In Context
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
56This I have had, that I have kept Thy precepts.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Psalms 42:8(42-9) By day the LORD will command His lovingkindness, and in the night His song shall be with me, even a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 77:6(77-7) In the night I will call to remembrance my song; I will commune with mine own heart; and my spirit maketh diligent search:
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 139:18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
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 →