Psalms 119:55
I remembered in the night thy name, O Lord, and observed thy law.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In Context
54Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage.
56This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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 77:6(77:7) I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my own heart I reflect: and my spirit maketh diligent search.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all [my] heart.
Psalms 139:18Should I count them, they would be more numerous than the sand: I awake, and I am still 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 →