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Psalms 130:6
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Israel, declaring personal expectation for the Lord’s intervention following a plea for mercy. The words — נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”) and שֹׁמְרִים (shomrim, “watchmen”) anchor the verse’s comparison, while לַֽאֲדֹנָי (la’adonai, “for the Lord”) and לַבֹּקֶר (laboker, “for the morning”) establish the object and timing of the wait. The thread — The motif of nocturnal vigilance and dawn expectation appears in Psalms 63:6, 119:147, and 134:1, where night watches and early rising mark devoted waiting on God. Why it lands — The text demands sustained, active expectation rather than passive resignation, framing hope as a deliberate posture of waiting until divine action arrives.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Cross-references
- Psalms 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
- Psalms 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
- Psalms 134:1 A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
- Isaiah 21:8 Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
- Acts 27:29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.