Psalms 119:55
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
King James Version
In Context
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
56This I had, because I 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 42:8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 139:18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
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 →