Psalm 119:148 “My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your w…”

Psalm 119:148

My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.

Darby Translation

Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy *word.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

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Cross references

“eyes”

Psalm 63:6 Lamentations 2:19 Luke 6:12 Psalm 63:1 Psalm 119:62 Psalm 139:17

Psalm 63:6 · BSB

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Lamentations 2:19 · BSB

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corn…

Luke 6:12 · BSB

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

Psalm 63:1 · BSB

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Psalm 119:62 · BSB

At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

Psalm 139:17 · BSB

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

147I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

149Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.

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