Psalms 119:148
Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
In Context
147I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
149My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
Cross References
Psalms 63:6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.
Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places.
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 →