Psalms 119:57 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Psalms 119:57

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55 ^aI remember Your name in the night, O Lord,
And I keep Your law.

56 This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.

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57 ^aYou are my portion, O Lord;
I have said that I would keep Your words.

58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to Your word.

59 I ^athought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.

60 I made haste, and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.

61 The cords of the wicked have bound me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.

62 ^aAt midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.

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CHETH. (Psalms 119:57-64).

Sincere desires for God's favor, penitence, and activity in a new obedience, truly evince the sincerity of those who profess to find God a portion (Numbers 18:20; Psalms 16:5; Lamentations 3:24).

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