Psalm 119:148
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
קָדַם
qâdam
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (ab...
הָגָה
hâgâh
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Study H4931 →קָדַם qâdam
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Study H6923 →הָגָה hâgâh
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
Study H1897 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo...
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
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