Psalms 119:55
I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In Context
54Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
56This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone,—and there wrestled a man with him, until the uprisings of the dawn.
Psalms 42:8By day, will Yahweh command his lovingkindness, And, in the night, shall His song be with me, My prayer be to the GOD of my life.
Psalms 77:6I remember my song in the night,—With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search:—
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
Psalms 139:18I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself—and am still with thee.
Luke 6:12And it came to pass, in these days, that he went forth into the mountain to pray, and was spending the night in the prayer-house of 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 →