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Psalms 119:55

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

KJV

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

ASV

זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי בַ/לַּ֣יְלָה שִׁמְ/ךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וָֽ֝/אֶשְׁמְרָ֗/ה תּוֹרָתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

YLT

I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
  • Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
  • Isa 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
  • Job 35:9 — By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
  • 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
  • Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  • Ps 42:8 — Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
  • Ps 63:6 — When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
  • Ps 63:6 — When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
  • Ps 139:18 — If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.