KJV King James Version
[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.
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Psalm 42:8
[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.
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BSB Berean Standard 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.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 42
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 [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.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
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Psalm 16:7I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.Psalm 149:5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.Psalm 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.Job 35:10But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;Deuteronomy 28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.Acts 16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.Colossians 3:3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.Psalm 133:3As 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 44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.Matthew 8:8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.Psalm 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.Psalm 27:1[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Psalm 57:3He 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.Isaiah 30:29Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.Psalm 32:7Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.Leviticus 25:21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
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