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Psalm 63

Psa. 63:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When I remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
thee upon myi bed
yatsuwa` (Hebrew #3326)
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
KJV usage: bed, chamber, couch.
Pronounce: yaw-tsoo'-ah
Origin: passive participle of 3331
, and meditate
hagah (Hebrew #1897)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1901)
on thee in the night watches
'ashmurah (Hebrew #821)
or -ashmoreth {ash-mo'-reth}; (feminine) from 8104; a night watch
KJV usage: watch.
Pronounce: ash-moo-raw'
Origin: or bashmuwrah {ash-moo-raw'}
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Song of Sol. 5:2• 2I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:2)

More on:

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Bed; Bedstead,
Night Watches,
Watch

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 42:8• 8In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the *God of my life. (Psa. 42:8)
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Psa. 77:4‑6• 4Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
 5I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.
 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search. (Psa. 77:4‑6)
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Psa. 119:55,147‑148• 55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
 147I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
 148Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy *word. (Psa. 119:55,147‑148)
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Psa. 139:17‑18• 17But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O *God! how great is the sum of them!
 18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. (Psa. 139:17‑18)
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Psa. 149:5• 5Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds. (Psa. 149:5)
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Song of Sol. 3:1‑2• 1On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
 2I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (Song of Sol. 3:1‑2)
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Song of Sol. 5:2• 2I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:2)
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Lam. 2:19• 19Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets. (Lam. 2:19)
• Moreover, in the silent watches of the night, when all nature excitement is hushed and the soul is alone, he will meditate upon God. (“Psalms 63” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches: