Psalms 119:62

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲצֽוֹת־לַ֗יְלָה אָ֭קוּם לְהוֹד֣וֹת לָ֑ךְ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

ḥăṣôṯ-laylāh ʾāqûm to-hôḏôṯ to-you upon mišpǝṭê ṣiḏqeḵā

Grammar Details

*ḥăṣôṯ-laylāh*: feminine singular construct + masculine singular noun - middle of night
*ʾāqûm*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will rise
*lǝhôḏôṯ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to give thanks
*lāḵ*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*ʿal*: preposition - concerning/because of
*mišpǝṭê*: masculine plural construct - judgments of
*ṣiḏqeḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness

Word Meanings

*ḥăṣôṯ-laylāh*: middle of the night/midnight
*ʾāqûm*: I will rise/get up/stand
*hôḏôṯ*: to give thanks/praise/acknowledge

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:8 : 8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, [and] righteous altogether.
Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 119:7 : 7 I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
Ps 119:164 : 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
Acts 16:25 : 25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Rom 7:12 : 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
Ps 119:137 : 137 TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
Ps 119:147 : 147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

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164Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
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7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
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147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
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Ps 119:55-56
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55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
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Ps 119:156
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156Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
Ps 119:106
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106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:137
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137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
Ps 119:120
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120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
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52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
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9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Ps 119:108
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108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.
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30and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;
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Ps 119:43
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43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
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12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 119:102
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