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Psalm 130

Psa. 130:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
waiteth for the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
more than they that watch
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
for the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
: ψI say, more than they that watch
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
for the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
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or, which watch unto the morning.

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Soul; Spirit,
Watch

Cross References

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waiteth.
Psa. 63:6• 6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. (Psa. 63:6)
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Psa. 119:147• 147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. (Psa. 119:147)
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Acts 27:29• 29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. (Acts 27:29)
I say more than they that watch for the morning.
or, whichwatch unto the morning.
Psa. 134:1• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. (Psa. 134:1)
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Isa. 21:8• 8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: (Isa. 21:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul waiteth for the Lord more than the watchers wait for the morning, more than the watchers for the morningb.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "more than the watchers-for-the-morning watch for the morning."