Psalms 130:6 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 130:6

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

BSB

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ASV

My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

KJV

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning. Men who guard a city, and women who wait by the sick, long for daylight. Worshippers tarrying for the morning sacrifice, the kindling of the incense and the lighting of the lamps, mingle fervent prayers with their holy vigils, and pine for the hour when the lamb shall smoke upon the altar. David, however, waited more than these, waited longer, waited more longingly, waited more expectantly.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The degree of that dependence--" more than those that watch for the morning, who are, (1.) Well-assured that the morning will come; and so am I that God will return in mercy to me, according to his promise; for God's covenant is more firm than the ordinances of day and night, for they shall come to an end, but that is everlasting." (2.) Very desirous that it would come.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נַפְשִׁ֥י	naf.Shi	self my	H5315 →
לַֽאדֹנָ֑י	la.do.Nai	for [the] Lord	H136 →
מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים	mi.sho.me.Rim	more than watchmen	H8104 →
לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר	la.Bo.ker	for the morning	H1242 →
שֹׁמְרִ֥ים	sho.me.Rim	watchmen	H8104 →
לַבֹּֽקֶר׃	la.Bo.ker	for the morning	H1242 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1242labokerfor the morning214×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 63:6
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
leads to
- Psalms 42:8
  The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 119:147–148
  I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
- Psalms 149:5
  Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- Psalms 119:55
  In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
- Psalms 77:4–6
  You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
Through
Psalms 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
leads to
- Mark 1:35
  Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
- Psalms 5:3
  In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
Through
Psalms 134:1
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
leads to
- Psalms 120:1
  In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms