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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 sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:2)

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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• 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. 77:4‑6• 4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
 5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
 6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. (Psa. 77:4‑6)
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Psa. 119:55,147‑148• 55I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
 147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
 148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. (Psa. 119:55,147‑148)
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Psa. 139:17‑18• 17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
 18If I should 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 saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. (Psa. 149:5)
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Song of Sol. 3:1‑2• 1By night on my bed 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 broad ways I will 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 sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and 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 thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. (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: