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62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:62

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 62)

Though David is, in this psalm, much in prayer, yet he did not neglect the duty of thanksgiving; for those that pray much will have much to give thanks for. See, 1. How much God’s hand was eyed in his thanksgivings. He does not say, “ I will give thanks because of thy favours to me, which I have the comfort of,” but, “ Because of thy righteous judgments , all the disposals of thy providence in wis…

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