Psalms 130:6

In 11 translations

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.I say…: or, which watch unto

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.

LSV

My soul [is] for the Lord, || More than those watching for morning, || Watching for morning!

YLT

My soul [is] for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

DBY

My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.

DRC129:6

From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

GNV

My soule waiteth on the Lord more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning.

JPS

My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

LXXE129:6

My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.

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WLC

נַפְשִׁ֥י לַֽאדֹנָ֑י מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר שֹׁמְרִ֥ים לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

LXX-Br129:6

ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον· ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
• Psalms 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
• Isaiah 21:8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
• Acts 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
• Psalms 134:1Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

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