Psalms 63:6

What does Psalms 63:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 63:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches--I meditate on Thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

Context

v.5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

v.6This passage

v.7For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Song of Solomon 5:2

    I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

  • Lamentations 2:19

    Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

  • Psalms 77:4

    Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

  • Psalms 119:147

    I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

  • Psalms 42:8

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

  • Psalms 149:5

    Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

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