Psalms 119:147

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prevented	קִדַּ֣מְתִּי ki.Dam.ti	H6923	to project (one self) · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
morning	בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף Va.ne.shef	H5399	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cried	וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה va.'a.sha.Ve.'ah	H7768	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular + paragogic he
hoped	יִחָֽלְתִּי yi.Chal.ti	H3176	to wait · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
word	לִדְבָרְךָ֥ lid.va.rei.kha	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

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.
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 li…
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.
Psalms 119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Psalms 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:147-148

David goes on here to relate how he had abounded in the duty of prayer, much to his comfort and advantage: he cried unto God, that is, offered up to him his pious and devout affections with all seriousness. Observe, I. The handmaids of his devotion. The two great exercises that attended his prayers, and were helpful to them, were, 1. Hope in God's word, which encouraged him to continue instant in prayer, though the answer did not come immediately: "I cried, and hoped that at last I should speed, because the vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it will speak and not lie. I hoped in thy word, which I knew would not fail me." 2. Meditation in God's word. The more intimately we conver…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:147

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried,.... That is, he awoke and got up, and prayed, before the day broke, the morning looked forth, or the sun arose: he was early as well as earnest in his supplications to God; see Psalm 5:3; as Christ, his antitype, rose early in the morning, a great while before day, and went out to a solitary place, and prayed, Mark 1:35; I hoped in thy word; which is a great encouragement to prayer, the grace of hope itself is, though a man can only put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope; and especially when it is grounded on the word of promise, that God will hear and answer his people, when they call upon him in a time of trouble: and parti…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:145-152

Psalm 119:145-152 145. q I have cried with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah! and I will keep thy statutes. 146. q I have called upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. 147. q I have prevented the twilight, [19] and have cried: I have looked up to thy word. 148. q My eyes have prevented the night-watches, to meditate upon thy word. 149. q Hear my yoke, O Jehovah! According to thy mercy, quicken me according to thy judgment. 150. q The pursuers of malice have drawn near; they have departed from thy law. 151. q Thou, O Jehovah! art near; and all thy commandments are truth. 152. q I have known from thy testimonies from the beginning that thou hast established them for ever. 14…

The Church Fathers

"I have prevented in midnight," he says, "and have cried: In Your words have I trusted" [Psalm 119:147]. If we refer this to each of the faithful, and to the literal character of the act; it oft happens that the love of God is awake in that hour of the night, and, the love of prayer strongly urging us, the time of prayer, which is wont to be after the crowing of the cock, is not awaited, but prevented. But if we understand night of the whole of this world's duration; we indeed cry unto God at midnight, and prevent the fullness of time in which He will restore us what He has promised, as is elsewhere read, "Let us prevent His presence with confession." Although if we choose to understand the unripe season of this night, before the fullness of time had come, [Galatians 4:4] that is, the ripe season when Christ should be manifested in the flesh; neither was the Church then silent, but preventing this fullness of time, in prophecy cried out, and trusted in the words of God, who was able to do what He promised, that in the seed of Abraham all nations should be blessed.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Morning · Began with first dawn — Began with first dawn
Prayer · Rise early for — Rise early for
Scriptures, The · Saints: Hope in — Saints: Hope in

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Psalms 119:147

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:147-148

John Gill on Psalms 119:147

John Calvin on Psalms 119:145-152

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:147

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:147-148

John Gill on Psalms 119:147

John Calvin on Psalms 119:145-152

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:145-152

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:145-152