Psalms 119:55

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“In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.”

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BSBPD

“In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:55 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
  2. Job 35:9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
  3. Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
  4. Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
  5. Psalms 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
  6. Psalms 119:17Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
  7. Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
  8. Psalms 119:44I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
  9. Psalms 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
  10. Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
  11. Luke 6:12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
  12. John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  13. John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  14. Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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