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Thirsting for God

Psalms 63:6

In 11 translations

BSB
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
KJV
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
WEB
when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
ASV
When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.
LSV
If I have remembered You on my bed, || I meditate on You in the watches.
YLT
If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.
DBY
When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:
DRC62:7
If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning:
GNV
When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.
JPS63:7
When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.
LXXE62:7
Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee.Gr. if. See Acts 26. 23.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC63:7
אִם־זְכַרְתִּ֥יךָ עַל־יְצוּעָ֑י בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת אֶהְגֶּה־בָּֽךְ׃KJV:Ps.63.6
LXX-Br62:7
Εἰ ἐμνημόνευόν σου ἐπὶ τῆς στρωμνῆς μου, ἐν τοῖς ὄρθροις ἐμελέτων εἰς σέ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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 119:147–148I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
  • Psalms 149:5Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
  • Psalms 119:55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
  • Psalms 77:4–6You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak. I considered the days of old, the years long in the past. At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
  • Psalms 139:17–18How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
  • Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the…
  • Song of Songs 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
  • Song of Songs 3:1–2On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him. I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 63:7 in some Bibles
  • 63:6 in most Bibles

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