At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
Parallel translations
- WEB I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
- KJV I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- NKJV I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, And my spirit makes diligent search.
- NASB I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, And my spirit ponders:
- NLT when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.
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Asaph recalls his songs in the night and searches his heart with diligent questions.
Overview
The psalmist remembers times of joyful worship even in darkness and now examines his soul honestly. His diligent inquiry shows faith actively wrestling toward understanding. This searching introspection leads into the pressing questions about God's character that follow, modeling honest yet God-ward reflection in suffering.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Ps 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Ps 139:23–24Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Lam 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Eccl 1:16I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
- Jonah 1:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- 1 Cor 11:28–32Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
- Hab 3:17–18Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
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