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when I think of you on my bed
    and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(A)

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On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.(A)

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

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By day the Lord directs his love,(A)
    at night(B) his song(C) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(D)

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Let the faithful exult in glory;
    let them sing for joy on their couches.(A)

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Let his faithful people rejoice(A) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.(B)

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147 I rise before dawn and cry for help;
    I put my hope in your words.(A)
148 My eyes are awake before each watch of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promise.

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147 I rise before dawn(A) and cry for help;
    I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,(B)
    that I may meditate on your promises.

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55 I remember your name in the night, O Lord,
    and keep your law.(A)

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55 In the night, Lord, I remember(A) your name,
    that I may keep your law.(B)

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17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!(A)
18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
    I come to the end[a]—I am still with you.

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Footnotes

  1. 139.18 Or I awake

17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](A) God!(B)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(C)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(D)
    when I awake,(E) I am still with you.

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  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

You keep my eyelids from closing;
    I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
I consider the days of old
    and remember the years of long ago.(A)
I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
    I meditate and search my spirit:[b](B)

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  1. 77.6 Gk Syr: Heb My music
  2. 77.6 Syr Jerome: Heb my spirit searches

You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.(A)
I thought about the former days,(B)
    the years of long ago;
I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

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19 Arise, cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water
    before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint for hunger
    at the head of every street.(A)

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19 Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(A) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.(B)
Lift up your hands(C) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint(D) from hunger
    at every street corner.

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