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Psalms 119:55

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law - (; .) At night especially our sorrows press painfully upon the mind. The remembrance of the Lord's "name" - i:e., His manifestation of Himself in acts as His people's Deliverer-is at such seasons most consolatory. Of the time that others give to sleep, I gladly take a part to comfort myself with the remembrance of thy glorious name.

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See also Psalms 119:55 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:55. _I HAVE REMEMBERED THY NAME_] Thou art _Jehovah_; and as _our God_ thou hast made thyself known unto us. In the deepest _night_ of our affliction this has consoled me....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I HAVE REMEMBERED THY NAME, O LORD, IN THE NIGHT ... - I have thought on thee in the night, when on my bed; I have done it in the night of calamity and sorrow. See the notes at Psalms 63:6....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי בַ † לַּ֣יְלָה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וָֽ֝...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS Psalms 119:49 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes have been my songs...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the (f) night, and have kept thy law. (f) Even when others sleep....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    55._By night I remembered thy name, O Jehovah! _As the second clause of the verse depends on the first, I consider the whole verse as setting forth one and the same truth; and, therefore, the prophet...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I HAVE REMEMBERED THY NAME, O LORD, IN THE NIGHT,.... In the night of distress and affliction, as Jarchi; or rather literally, in the night season, when on his bed and awake: while others were asleep,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. Ver. 55. _I remembered thy name, &c._] Breaking my sleep for the purpose, to meditate on thy holy attributes, word, and works....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thy statutes have been my songs_ The matter of my songs, my delight and recreation; _in the house of my pilgrimage_ In this present world, wherein I am a pilgrim, as all my fathers were. _I have reme...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ Zain._ Patience in Persecution and Crosses....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night, the quiet of which is conducive to prayerful meditation, AND HAVE KEPT THY LAW, he has been faithful to the Word at all times....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THY NAME; thy holy nature and attributes, thy blessed word, and thy wonderful works; all which come under the title of God's name. IN THE NIGHT, when darkness causeth fear in others, I took pleasure i...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:55 remember H2142 (H8804) name H8034 night H3915 LORD H3068 keep H8104 (H8799) law H8451...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:55 I. The keeping of God's law is promoted by the remembering of God's name. The name of God includes all the attributes of God. (1) If I remember the attributes of God, I must remember amo...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept Thy law._ THOUGHT It is the glory of man that he can think. We conquer Nature by thought. Thought has stretched out its hand, reached...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 16:25; Genesis 32:24; Isaiah 26:9; Job 35:10; Job 35:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy name — Thy holy nature and attributes, thy blessed word, and thy wonderful works. In the night — When darkness causes fear in others, I took pleasure in remembering thee; and when others gave them...

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