Psalms 130:6
4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
8 And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
- KJV
- My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
- WEB
- My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
- ASV
- My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] watchmen for the morning.
- DARBY
- My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.
- BLB
- My soul [is] for the Lord, more than those watching for the morning, watching for the morning.
- ÅB
- Min sjel venter på Herren mere enn vektere på morgenen, vektere på morgenen.
- OTB
- Min sjel venter ivrig på Herren
Mer enn vekterne venter på morgenen;
Ja, mer enn vekterne på morgenen. - B1930
- Min sjel venter på Herren mere enn vektere på morgenen, vektere på morgenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 63:6
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Read in contextPsalms 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Read in contextIsaiah 21:8
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
Read in contextPsalms 134:1
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
Read in contextActs 27:29
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Read in context