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Psalms 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.

KJV

Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Evena prayer unto the God of my life.

ASV

תְּהֽוֹם אֶל תְּה֣וֹם ק֭וֹרֵא לְ/ק֣וֹל צִנּוֹרֶ֑י/ךָ כָּֽל מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥י/ךָ וְ֝/גַלֶּ֗י/ךָ עָלַ֥/י עָבָֽרוּ

Hebrew

By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.

YLT

GOD will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ו
v
noun · 34×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ךָ
k
noun · 5×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
צִּנּ֔וֹר
tsnvr
noun · 2×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×

Themes

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.
  • Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Deut 28:8 — The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 28:8 — The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Isa 30:29 — Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
  • Job 35:10 — But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
  • Job 35:10 — But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
  • John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  • 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
  • Matt 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
  • Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  • Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  • Ps 27:1 — The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Ps 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  • Ps 44:4 — Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
  • Ps 44:4 — Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
  • Ps 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
  • 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 68:28 — Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
  • Ps 71:3 — Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
  • Ps 77:6 — I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
  • Ps 77:6 — I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
  • Ps 92:2 — To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
  • Ps 119:50 — This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
  • Ps 119:55 — I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
  • Ps 119:62 — At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
  • Ps 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
  • Ps 133:3 — As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
  • Ps 133:3 — As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
  • Ps 143:8 — Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
  • Ps 149:5 — Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
  • Ps 149:5 — Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.