I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
- BSB In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
- NKJV I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, And I keep Your law.
- NASB Lord, I remember Your name in the night, And keep Your Law.
- NLT I reflect at night on who you are, O Lord; therefore, I obey your instructions.
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- Ps 63:6when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
- Ps 42:8Yahweh 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.
- Isa 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
- Job 35:9–10“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Ps 139:18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
- John 14:21One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
- Ps 119:17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
- Ps 77:6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
- Gen 32:24–28Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
- Luke 6:12In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
- John 15:10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
- Ps 119:34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
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