Psalms 119:55
I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In Context
54Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
56This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
Cross References
Genesis 32:24And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;
Psalms 42:8By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 77:6I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently:
Psalms 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Psalms 139:18I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer 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 →