Psalms 119:147
Before dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
In Context
146I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
148Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
Cross References
Psalms 5:3When I pray to you, Lord, in the morning, hear my voice. I make ready for you in the morning, and look for a sign.
Psalms 42:8In the day I cry to the Lord to summon his kindness; and the song that I sing in the night is a prayer to the living God.
Psalms 57:8awake, my soul. Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.
Psalms 88:13I cry for help to you, in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Psalms 119:43Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
Psalms 119:81I long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
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 →