Psalm 42:8
Strong's Lexicon
The LORD
יְהוָ֨ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

decrees
יְצַוֶּ֬ה (yə·ṣaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge, command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be commanded

His loving devotion
חַסְדּ֗וֹ (ḥas·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2617: 1) goodness, kindness, faithfulness 2) a reproach, shame

by day;
יוֹמָ֤ם ׀ (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3119: adv 1) by day, in the daytime subst 2) daytime

and at night
וּ֭בַלַּיְלָה (ū·ḇal·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: 1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

His song
[שִׁיר֣וֹ] (šî·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7892: n m 1) song 1a) lyric song 1b) religious song 1c) song of Levitical choirs n f 2) song 2a) song, ode

is with me—
(עִמִּ֑י) (‘im·mî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as 1e) beside, except 1f) in spite of

a prayer
תְּ֝פִלָּ֗ה (tə·p̄il·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8605: 1) prayer 1a) prayer 1b) pray a prayer 1c) house of prayer 1d) hear prayer 1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)

to the God
לְאֵ֣ל (lə·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 410: 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power

of my life.
חַיָּֽי׃ (ḥay·yāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

Young's Literal Translation
By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will send His faithful love by day; His song will be with me in the night — a prayer to the God of my life.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life.

King James Bible
[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life.

New Living Translation
But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.

English Standard Version
By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life.

King James Bible
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will send His faithful love by day; His song will be with me in the night-- a prayer to the God of my life.

International Standard Version
By day the LORD will command his gracious love, and by night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

NET Bible
By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

American Standard Version
Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

English Revised Version
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, even a prayer unto the God of my life.

Young's Literal Translation
By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
















Cross References
Job 35:10
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Psalm 16:7
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psalm 44:4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

Psalm 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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

Psalm 71:3
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 77:6
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Psalm 119:55
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Psalm 149:5
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
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