Psalms 119:147
Each morning I arise before dawn and call to you to help me; I confidently expect you to do what you have ◄promised/said that you will do►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 5:3Listen to me when I pray to you each morning, and I wait for you to reply.
Psalms 42:8Yahweh shows me each day that he faithfully loves me, and each night I sing to him and pray to him, the God who causes me to live.
Psalms 57:8I will awaken myself; I will arise before the sun rises and praise you while I play my harp or my ◄lyre/small harp►.
Psalms 88:13But as for me, Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me; each morning I pray to you.
Psalms 119:43Always enable me to [LIT] speak your truth, because I have confidence in ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given us►.
Psalms 119:81I am very tired/exhausted while I wait for you to save me from my enemies; but I confidently expect that you will tell me what you will do.
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 →