Psalms 119:148
Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
In Context
147I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
149Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
Cross References
Psalms 63:6When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.
Psalms 119:62At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry in the night: in the beginning of the watches powre out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift vp thine handes towarde him for the life of thy yong children, that faint for hunger in the corners of all the streetes.
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 →