Psalms 119:147
I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
In Context
146I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.
148My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.
Cross References
Psalms 5:3(5:4) O Lord! in the morning do thou hear my voice: in the morning will I set in order [my prayer] before thee, and 1ook up with hope.
Psalms 42:8(42:9) In the daytime the Lord will command his kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, as a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 57:8(57:9) Awake, my spirit; awake, psaltery and harp: I will wake up the morning-dawn.
Psalms 88:13(88:14) Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
Psalms 119:43And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances.
Psalms 119:81CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:146-147
19. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord : I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. Here we have, I. David's good prayers, by which he sought to God for mercy; these he mentions here, not as boasting of them, or trusting to any merit in them, but reflecting upon them with comfort, that he had taken the appointed way to comfort. Observe here, 1. That he was inward with God in prayer; he prayed with his heart, and prayer is acceptable no further… Read the whole commentary →