Psalms 130:6

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
soul	נַפְשִׁ֥י naf.Shi	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
Lord	לַֽאדֹנָ֑י la.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · preposition + proper noun, a title
watch	מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים mi.sho.me.Rim	H8104	properly · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
morning	לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר la.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
watch	שֹׁמְרִ֥ים sho.me.Rim	H8104	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
morning	לַבֹּֽקֶר la.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Psalms 119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Psalms 134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Isaiah 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Acts 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:5–end

Here, I. The psalmist engages himself to trust in God and to wait for him, Psa 130:5, Psa 130:6. Observe, 1. His dependence upon God, expressed in a climax, it being a a song of degrees, or ascents: "I wait for the Lord; from him I expect relief and comfort, believing it will come, longing till it does come, but patiently bearing the delay of it, and resolving to look for it from no other hand. My soul doth wait; I wait for him in sincerity, and not in profession only. I am an expectant, and it is for the Lord that my soul waits, for the gifts of his grace and the operations of his power." 2. The ground of that dependence: In his word do I hope. We must hope for that only which he has promis…

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John Gill on Psalms 130:6

My soul waiteth for the Lord,.... This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show the vehement and constant disposition of his mind towards the Lord; as well as for the sake of what follows: more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning; or, "more than the morning watchers, that watch for or until the morning" (h); than watchmen of cities, or the keepers of the wails, as Aben Ezra; those who are upon the last morning watch, and are looking out for the morning light; that they may go off from duty, and lie down and sleep: or than those that sit up with sick persons; who, being solitary and melancholy, as well as want sleep, long for the…

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John Calvin on Psalms 130:5-6

Psalm 130:5-6 5. I have waited for Jehovah, my soul hath waited; and I have hoped in his word. 6. My soul hath waited for the Lord before the watchers of the morning, idea, before the watchers of the mourning. 5. I have waited for Jehovah. After having testified in general that God is ready to show mercy to poor sinners who betake themselves to him, the Psalmist concludes that he is thereby encouraged to entertain good hope. The past tense in the verbs wait and trust is put for the present. I have waited for I wait; I have hoped for I hope. The repetition occurring in the first part of the verse is emphatic; and the word soul gives additional emphasis, implying, as it does, that the Prophe…

Dictionary and topics

Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Seekers · 5:8;8:5,6; — 5:8;8:5,6;
Waiting · With earnest — With earnest
Waiting Upon God · Should be: With earnest desire — Should be: With earnest desire
Watchmen · Illustrative: (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God — Illustrative: (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 130:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:5–end

John Gill on Psalms 130:6

John Calvin on Psalms 130:5-6

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 130:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:5–end

John Gill on Psalms 130:6

John Calvin on Psalms 130:5-6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 130:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 130:5

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 130:6