Psalms 42:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 63:6 : 6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.
  • Ps 149:5 : 5 Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
  • Ps 44:4 : 4 You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.
  • Ps 133:3 : 3 Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever.
  • Matt 8:8 : 8 And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.
  • Deut 28:8 : 8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Lev 25:21 : 21 Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
  • Ps 16:7 : 7 I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
  • Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)
  • Acts 16:25 : 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
  • Isa 30:29 : 29 You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.
  • Ps 77:6 : 6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

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