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Psalm 119:145–152

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ק Qoph

145I call with all my heart;m answer me, Lord,

and I will obey your decrees.n

146I call out to you; save meo

and I will keep your statutes.

147I rise before dawnp and cry for help;

I have put my hope in your word.

148My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,q

that I may meditate on your promises.

149Hear my voicer in accordance with your love;s

preserve my life,t Lord, according to your laws.

150Those who devise wicked schemesu are near,

but they are far from your law.

151Yet you are near,v Lord,

and all your commands are true.w

152Long ago I learned from your statutesx

that you established them to last forever.y

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Psalm 119:147: I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.

Cross references

  1. mver 10
  2. nver 22, 55
  3. oSee ver 94
  4. pPs 5:3; 57:8; 108:2
  5. qSee Ps 63:6
  6. rSee Ps 27:7
  7. sver 124
  8. tSee ver 40
  9. uSee Ps 37:7
  10. vSee Ps 34:18; Php 4:5
  11. wSee ver 142
  12. xver 7, 73
  13. ySee ver 89; See Ps 111:8; Lk 21:33

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!

I will keep your statutes.

I call to you; save me,

that I may observe your testimonies.

I rise before dawn and cry for help;

I hope in your words.

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,

that I may meditate on your promise.

Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;

O Lord, according to your justice give me life.

They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;

they are far from your law.

But you are near, O Lord,

and all your commandments are true.

Long have I known from your testimonies

that you have founded them forever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord.

I will obey your statutes.

I call to you; save me,

and I will keep your decrees.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;

I put my hope in your word.

I am awake through each watch of the night

to meditate on your promise.

In keeping with your faithful love, hear my voice.

Lord, give me life in keeping with your justice.

Those who pursue evil plans come near;

they are far from your instruction.

You are near, Lord,

and all your commands are true.

Long ago I learned from your decrees

that you have established them forever.

NLTNew Living Translation

I pray with all my heart; answer me, Lord!

I will obey your decrees.

I cry out to you; rescue me,

that I may obey your laws.

I rise early, before the sun is up;

I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.

I stay awake through the night,

thinking about your promise.

In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry;

let me be revived by following your regulations.

Lawless people are coming to attack me;

they live far from your instructions.

But you are near, O Lord,

and all your commands are true.

I have known from my earliest days

that your laws will last forever.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh.

I will keep your statutes.

I call to you. Save me,

and I will heed your testimonies.

I rise early in the dawn and cry for help;

I hope in your word.

My eyes anticipate the night watches,

that I may meditate on your word.

Hear my voice according to your loyal love;

O Yahweh, preserve my life according to your justice.

Those who pursue a wicked purpose draw near;

they are far from your law.

You are near, O Yahweh,

and all your commands are truth.

Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago

that you have established them forever.

KJV 1900King James Version

KOPH.

I cried with my whole heart;

Hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

I cried unto thee; save me,

And I shall keep thy testimonies.

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:

I hoped in thy word.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches,

That I might meditate in thy word.

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:

O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.

They draw nigh that follow after mischief:

They are far from thy law.

Thou art near, O Lord;

And all thy commandments are truth.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old

That thou hast founded them for ever.