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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:147

In 11 translations

BSB
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
KJV
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
WEB
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
ASV
I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
LSV
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, || I have hoped for Your word.
YLT
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
DBY
I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
DRC118:147
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
GNV
I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
JPS
I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.
LXXE118:147
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

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  • Written (Ketiv): לִדְבָרֶיךָ (“for words your”). Read aloud (Qere): לִדְבָרְךָ֥ (“for word your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads לִדְבָרְיךָ֥; read aloud (Qere) reads לִדְבָרְךָ֥ (“for word your”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה לדבריך יִחָֽלְתִּי׃Read aloud as (qere): לִדְבָרְךָ֥
LXX-Br118:147
Προέφθασα ἐν ἀωρίᾳ καὶ ἐκέκραξα, εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
  • Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
  • Psalms 130:5–6I 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.
  • Psalms 88:13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
  • Psalms 119:74May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
  • Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
  • Psalms 56:4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
  • Hebrews 6:17–19So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who…
  • Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
  • Psalms 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
  • Psalms 108:2Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
  • Psalms 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

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