Psalm 63:6
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6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(A)
Psalm 42:8
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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.(A)
Psalm 149:5
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5 Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their couches.(A)
Psalm 119:147-148
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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.
Psalm 119:55
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55 I remember your name in the night, O Lord,
and keep your law.(A)
Psalm 139:17-18
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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.
Footnotes
- 139.18 Or I awake
Psalm 77:4-6
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4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old
and remember the years of long ago.(A)
6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](B)
Lamentations 2:19
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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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