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Psalms 119:148

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

KJV

Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.

ASV

קִדְּמ֣וּ עֵ֭ינַ/י אַשְׁמֻר֑וֹת לָ֝/שִׂ֗יחַ בְּ/אִמְרָתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

YLT

My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת
'shmrt
noun · 7×
אָשִׂ֑יחָה
'shychh
verb · 20×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
נִי
ny
verb · 26×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
  • Luke 6:12 — And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
  • Prov 6:22 — When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
  • Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  • Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
  • Ps 63:6 — When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
  • Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 119:45 — And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
  • Ps 139:17 — How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!