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6My 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
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:
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-8)Here, I. The psalmist engages himself to trust in God and to wait for him, Ps. 130:5 , 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 sou…
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