Psalms 42:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the God of my life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 63:6 : 6 whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.
  • Ps 149:5 : 5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
  • Ps 44:4 : 4 You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob’s deliverance!
  • Ps 133:3 : 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed, that is where the LORD has decreed a blessing will be available– eternal life.
  • Matt 8:8 : 8 But the centurion replied,“Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof! Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.
  • Deut 28:8 : 8 The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.
  • Lev 25:21 : 21 I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults!(Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
  • Ps 16:7 : 7 I will praise the LORD who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 By David. The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
  • Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance.(Selah)
  • Acts 16:25 : 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • Isa 30:29 : 29 You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the LORD, the Rock who shelters Israel.
  • Ps 77:6 : 6 I said,“During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 42:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

    11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 42:3-7
    5 verses
    80%

    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

    4I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

    6I am depressed, so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

    7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

  • Ps 55:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16As for me, I will call out to God, and the LORD will deliver me.

    17During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.

  • Ps 88:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

    2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

  • Ps 22:2
    77%

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • Ps 77:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

  • Ps 92:2
    76%

    2It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,

  • Ps 59:16
    75%

    16As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

  • Ps 143:8
    75%

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

  • Ps 88:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 30:8
    74%

    8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

  • Ps 77:6
    74%

    6I said,“During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.

  • Ps 139:11
    73%

    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

  • Ps 43:2
    73%

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 43:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 5:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

    3LORD, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

  • Ps 16:7
    72%

    7I will praise the LORD who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.

  • 2 Sam 22:2
    72%

    2He said:“The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

  • Ps 32:4
    72%

    4For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)

  • Ps 40:11
    72%

    11O LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

  • Jonah 2:7
    71%

    7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • Ps 27:5
    71%

    5He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

  • Ps 63:6
    71%

    6whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

  • Ps 142:5
    71%

    5I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

  • Ps 28:1
    71%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 27:7
    71%

    7Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

  • Job 35:10
    71%

    10But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,

  • Ps 142:1
    71%

    1A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.

  • 1 Kgs 8:59
    71%

    59May the LORD our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

  • Isa 38:13
    71%

    13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

  • Ps 30:10
    71%

    10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

  • Ps 57:1
    71%

    1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

  • Ps 6:6
    71%

    6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

  • 2 Sam 22:29
    71%

    29Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD illumines the darkness around me.

  • Ps 32:7
    71%

    7You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance.(Selah)

  • Ps 116:2
    71%

    2and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.

  • Ps 89:49
    71%

    49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • Ps 86:3
    71%

    3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!