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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:62 KJV (With Strong’s)

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At midnight
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
chatsowth (Hebrew #2676)
the middle (of the night)
KJV usage: mid(-night).
Pronounce: khaw-tsoth'
Origin: from 2673
I will rise
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
to give thanks
yadah (Hebrew #3034)
used only as denominative from 3027; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
KJV usage: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Pronounce: yaw-daw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee because of thy righteous
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
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Ministry on This Verse

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midnight.
Psa. 119:147,164• 147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
 164Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. (Psa. 119:147,164)
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Psa. 42:8• 8Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. (Psa. 42:8)
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Mark 1:35• 35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35)
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Acts 16:25• 25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (Acts 16:25)
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Psa. 119:7,75,106,137• 7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
 75I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
 106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
 137TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. (Psa. 119:7,75,106,137)
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Psa. 19:9• 9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. (Psa. 19:9)
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Deut. 4:8• 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? (Deut. 4:8)
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Rom. 7:12• 12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. (Rom. 7:12)
• However much evil presses upon him he does not forget the Word. At midnight―the darkest―he can rise to praise the Lord. (“Psalm 119:57-64: Division 8 (Cheth)” by H. Smith)
• The heart, in singleness of eye, led of God in His ways, has springs of joy which wake it up in the time of evil, and when it is alone with God. Sorrow may be around, but joy with Him. It arises. There is a chord of heart to praise. It is not only comforted in the sorrow, but freed from the bond of evil, active in praising Him whom it knows and who is its portion. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.