Psalms 130:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 130

⁶My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Psalms 130:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
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.
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.

Topics

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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 soul d…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

5-6. wait for the Lord--in expectation (Psa 27:14). watch for, &c.--in earnestness and anxiety.