Psalm 119:147 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in thy words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.

American Standard Version (1901)

I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

Common English Bible

I meet the predawn light and cry for help. I wait for your promise.

Psalm 119:147 Cross References

Psalm 108:2

Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

Psalm 119:43

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in thy ordinances.

Psalm 119:74

Those who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in thy word.

Psalm 119:81

My soul languishes for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

Psalm 21:3

For thou dost meet him with goodly blessings; thou dost set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

Psalm 42:8

By day the Lord commands his steadfast love; and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 5:3

O Lord, in the morning thou dost hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for thee, and watch.

Psalm 56:4

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without a fear. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 57:8

Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

Psalm 88:13

But I, O Lord, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.

Psalm 88:2

Let my prayer come before thee, incline thy ear to my cry!

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Mark 1:35

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed.