Psalms 119 · Verse 62

Psalms 119:62

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:62, King James Version

Psalms 119:62 in other translations

BSBAt midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
WEBAt midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
ASVAt midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
YLTAt midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
DARBYAt midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
BBEIn the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions.
WebsterAt midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

What does Psalms 119:62 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:61-62

61-62. This the more, if opposition of enemies, or love of ease is overcome in thus honoring God's law. have robbed me--better, surrounded me, either as forcible constraints like fetters, or as the cords of their nets. Hengstenberg translates, "snares."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 62 At midnight I will rise - We are so overpowered with a sense of thy goodness, that in season and out of season we will return thee thanks.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:57-64

True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste…

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Psalms 119:62 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.

חֲצֽוֹת\־cha.tzot-[the] middle ofH2676
לַ֗יְלָהLay.lah[the] nightH3915
אָ֭קוּם'A.kumI ariseH6965
לְהוֹד֣וֹתle.ho.Dotto give thanksH3034
לָ֑ךְLakhto you
עַ֝֗ל'AlonH5921
מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥יmish.pe.Tei[the] judgments ofH4941
צִדְקֶֽךָ\׃tzid.Ke.charighteousness yourH6664

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:62

  • Acts 16:25

    And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

  • 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 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 119:164

    Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

  • Psalms 119:7

    I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

  • Psalms 119:137

    צ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

  • Psalms 119:147

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

  • Romans 7:12

    Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

  • Psalms 119:75

    I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

  • Psalms 19:9

    The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

  • Deuteronomy 4:8

    And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • Psalms 119:106

    I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
midnight.
147,164; 42:8; Mr 1:35; Ac 16:25
thy.
7,75,106,137; 19:9; De 4:8; Ro 7:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:61

    The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

  • Psalms 119:62

    At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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Psalms 119:62 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
A media noche me levantaba á alabarte sobre los juicios de tu justicia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je me lève à minuit pour te célébrer à cause des ordonnances de ta justice.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Um Mitternacht stehe ich auf, um dich zu preisen wegen der Rechte deiner Gerechtigkeit.