Psalms 119:62
At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
In Context
61Companies of wicked men have surrounded me; but I have not forgotten thy law.
63An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9(19:10) The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever: the ordinances of the Lord are the truth, they are just altogether.
Psalms 119:7I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.
Psalms 119:147I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:62
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. Here is, 1. The malice of David's enemies against him. They were wicked men, who hated him for his godliness. There were bands or troops of them confederate against him. They did him all the mischief they could; they robbed him; having endeavoured to take away his good name ( v. 51 ), they set upon his goods, and spoiled him of them, either by plunder in time of war or by fines and confiscations under colour of law. Saul (it is likely)… Read the whole commentary →