Psalms 119:55

KJV1611 – Modern English

I have remembered Your name in the night, O LORD, and have kept Your law.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וָֽ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

zāḵartî in-the-laylāh šimḵā YHWH and-ʾešmǝrāh tôrāṯeḵā

Grammar Details

• *zāḵartî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have remembered
• *ballaylāh*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the night
• *šimḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name
• *YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wāʾešmǝrāh*: conjunction + qal imperfect cohortative 1st person singular - and I will keep
• *tôrāṯeḵā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law

Word Meanings

• *zāḵartî*: I have remembered/recalled/thought of
• *ballaylāh*: in the night/during the night
• *šimḵā*: your name/reputation/character
• *ʾešmǝrāh*: I will keep/observe/obey

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In the night I remember Your name, LORD, and I will keep Your law.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have remembered{H2142} thy name,{H8034} O Jehovah,{H3068} in the night,{H3915} And have observed{H8104} thy law.{H8451}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have remembered{H2142}{(H8804)} thy name{H8034}, O LORD{H3068}, in the night{H3915}, and have kept{H8104}{(H8799)} thy law{H8451}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I thynke vpon thy name (o LORDE) in the night season, and kepe thy lawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue remembred thy Name, O Lorde, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season: and I haue kept thy lawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I remember your name during the night, O LORD, and I will keep your law.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 42:8 : 8 Yet the LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
• Ps 63:6 : 6 When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.
• Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• Acts 16:25 : 25 At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
• Gen 32:24-28 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. But he said, I will not let you go, unless you bless me. 27 And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
• Job 35:9-9 : 9 Because of the multitude of oppressions, they make the oppressed cry: they cry out by reason of the power of the mighty. 10 But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;
• Luke 6:12 : 12 And it happened in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
• John 14:21 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.
• John 15:10 : 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
• Ps 77:6 : 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit diligently searches.
• Ps 119:17 : 17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
• Ps 139:18 : 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.