Psalm 130:6
New International Version
I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

New Living Translation
I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.

English Standard Version
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

Berean Standard Bible
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.

King James Bible
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

New King James Version
My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning— Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

New American Standard Bible
My soul waits in hope for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.

NASB 1995
My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.

NASB 1977
My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.

Legacy Standard Bible
My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning, The watchmen for the morning.

Amplified Bible
My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; More than the watchmen for the morning.

Christian Standard Bible
I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning — more than watchmen for the morning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning— more than watchmen for the morning.

American Standard Version
My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have waited for LORD JEHOVAH from the watch of dawn and unto the watch of the morning.

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

Contemporary English Version
I wait for you more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn. Yes, I wait more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn.

Douay-Rheims Bible
From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

English Revised Version
My soul looketh for the Lord, more than watchmen look for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.

Good News Translation
I wait for the Lord more eagerly than sentries wait for the dawn--than sentries wait for the dawn.

International Standard Version
My soul looks to the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning— more, indeed, than watchmen for the morning.

JPS Tanakh 1917
My soul waiteth for the Lord, More than watchmen for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

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

Majority Standard Bible
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.

New American Bible
My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak,

NET Bible
I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

New Revised Standard Version
my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.

New Heart English Bible
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.

Webster's Bible Translation
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

World English Bible
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

Young's Literal Translation
My soul is for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Out of the Depths I Cry to You
5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. 6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning. 7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.…

Cross References
Psalm 33:20
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

Psalm 63:6
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Psalm 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.


Treasury of Scripture

My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

waiteth

Psalm 63:6
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

Psalm 119:147
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Acts 27:29
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Psalm 134:1
A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 21:8
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

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Psalm 130
1. The psalmist professes his hope in prayer
5. And his patience in hope
7. He exhorts Israel to trust in God














(6) Watch for the morning.--Comp. Psalm 123:2 for another figure of the same earnest upward gaze. In the "watcher for the dawn" there may be an allusion to the Levite-sentinel whose duty it was to signal the first ray of dawn, and the moment for commencing the sacred rites of the Temple (Psalm 134:1), but the figure if general, as marking the impatience of a deeply agitated soul--a sufferer waiting for relief, a contrite sinner for forgiveness--is as striking as graceful. (See Deuteronomy 28:67.)

Verse 6. - 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.e. more eagerly, more anxiously, than even the night watchman, tired with his long vigil. Again the repetition adds force.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My soul
נַפְשִׁ֥י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

[waits] for the Lord
לַֽאדֹנָ֑י (la·ḏō·nāy)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

more than watchmen
מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים (miš·šō·mə·rîm)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

for the morning—
לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר (lab·bō·qer)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

more than watchmen waiting
שֹׁמְרִ֥ים (šō·mə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

for the morning.
לַבֹּֽקֶר׃ (lab·bō·qer)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning


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