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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:147 KJV (With Strong’s)

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qadam (Hebrew #6923)
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
KJV usage: come (go, (flee)) before, + disappoint, meet, prevent.
Pronounce: kaw-dam'
Origin: a primitive root
the dawning of the morning
nesheph (Hebrew #5399)
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
KJV usage: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Pronounce: neh'-shef
Origin: from 5398
, and cried
shava` (Hebrew #7768)
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
KJV usage: cry (aloud, out), shout.
Pronounce: shaw-vah'
Origin: a primitive root
: I hoped
yachal (Hebrew #3176)
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
KJV usage: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Pronounce: yaw-chal'
Origin: a primitive root
in thy word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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Psa. 130:6• 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I prevented.That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.
Psa. 5:3• 3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. (Psa. 5:3)
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Psa. 21:3• 3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. (Psa. 21:3)
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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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Psa. 88:13• 13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. (Psa. 88:13)
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Psa. 130:6• 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:6)
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Isa. 26:9• 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:9)
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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)
hoped.
Psa. 119:74,81• 74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
 81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. (Psa. 119:74,81)
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Psa. 56:4• 4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. (Psa. 56:4)
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Psa. 130:5• 5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. (Psa. 130:5)
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Heb. 6:17‑19• 17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
 18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
 19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (Heb. 6:17‑19)
• {v.147-148} There was diligence in the cry too, for the word, which led his heart, was trusted, but it was not only for the cry to be delivered he was diligent, but to meditate in Jehovah's word itself. Deliverance, no doubt, was sought, but the word itself is loved. All this goes together necessarily in the soul. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)
• His dependence is not merely the passive acknowledgment of general indebtedness to God; it is an active, wholehearted dependence that calls upon God, and does so with diligence that leads the believer to rise before the dawn to cry to the Lord. Moreover, his dependence is the outcome of confidence, for he can say, “I hoped in thy word.” (“Psalm 119:144-152: Division 19 (Koph)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.