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At midnightחֲצוֹת לַיְלָהI riseאָקוּםto give you thanksלְהוֹדוֹת לָךְforעַלyour righteousצִדְקֶךָrules.מִשְׁפְּטֵי
Psalms 119:62
Study it in the app“At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous rules.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:62, word by word
- At midnightחֲצוֹתchatsot
midnight
Midnight, the middle of the night.
Where else “chatsot” appears- At midnightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- I riseאָקוּםakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “akum” appears- to give you thanksהוֹדוֹתhodot
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “hodot” appears- your righteousצִדְקֶtsidke
judge justly
To govern and judge with justice.
Where else “tsidke” appears- rulesמִשְׁפְּטֵיmishpte
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpte” appears
The context
61The cords of the wicked have wrapped around me; your instruction I have not forgotten.
62 · This verse (above)
63A companion I am of all who fear you, and of those who keep your precepts.