Psalms 119:148
My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
In Context
147I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
149Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life.
Cross References
Psalms 63:6(63:7) When I remember thee upon my couch, I meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Psalms 119:62At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, complain aloud in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out like water thy heart before the face of the Lord: lift up toward him thy hands because of the life of thy babes, that faint away for hunger at the corner of all the streets.
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 →