Psalms 119 · Verse 147

Psalms 119:147

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Psalms 119:147, King James Version

Psalms 119:147 in other translations

BSBI rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
WEBI rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
ASVI anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
YLTI have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
DARBYI anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
BBEBefore the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.
WebsterI came before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

What does Psalms 119:147 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:145-149

145-149. An intelligent devotion is led by divine promises and is directed to an increase of gracious affections, arising from a contemplation of revealed truth.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 147 I prevented the dawning - קדמתי kiddamti, "I went before the dawn or twilight."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:145-152

Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go but to his father? Save me from my sins, my corruptions, my temptations, all the hinderances in my way, that I may keep thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health, should not suffer the early hours of the morning to glide away unimproved. Hope in God's word…

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Psalms 119:147 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קִדַּ֣מְתִּיki.Dam.tiI am earlyH6923
בַ֭נֶּשֶׁףVa.ne.shefin the twilightH5399
וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָהva.'a.sha.Ve.'ahand I cried for help !H7768
לִדְבָרְךָ֥lid.va.rei.khafor word yourH1697
יִחָֽלְתִּי\׃yi.Chal.tiI hopeH3176

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Cross references for Psalms 119:147

  • Mark 1:35

    And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

  • Psalms 5:3

    My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

  • Psalms 130:5-6

    I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

  • Psalms 88:13

    But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

  • Psalms 42:8

    Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

  • Psalms 119:74

    They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

  • Psalms 119:81

    כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

  • Psalms 56:4

    In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Psalms 108:2

    Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

  • Psalms 57:8

    Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

  • Hebrews 6:17-19

    Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I prevented.That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.
5:3; 21:3; 42:8; 88:13; 130:6; Isa 26:9; Mr 1:35
hoped.
74,81; 56:4; 130:5; Heb 6:17-19

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Context

  • Psalms 119:146

    I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:147

    I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

  • Psalms 119:148

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

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Psalms 119:147 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Anticipéme al alba, y clamé: esperé en tu palabra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai devancé le crépuscule, et j’ai crié; je me suis attendu à ta parole.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der Morgendämmerung bin ich zuvorgekommen und habe geschrieen; auf dein Wort habe ich geharrt.