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Psalm 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
145I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
146I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
148My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
Notice
Before dawn, the psalmist cries for help while putting hope in God's words, showing that trust and urgent need can share a prayer.
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Psalm 5:3LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.Both psalms describe bringing requests to God as the day begins, with hope in his words or expectation as the speaker waits.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he …Both passages connect the start of the day with attention to God's words, through hope or an ear awakened to hear.
Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.Both describe rising before daylight to pray; Mark also names the deserted place where that prayer happens.
Psalm 130:5–6I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.Both psalms name God's word as the ground of hope while the speaker waits or cries for help.
Psalm 130:6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.Psalm 119 describes prayer before dawn; Psalm 130 compares longing for the Lord to watchmen longing for morning.
Psalm 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.Both verses describe rising during darkness to address God, with a cry for help here and thanks at midnight.
Joshua 6:15On the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. On this day only they marched around …The shared detail is rising around dawn; Joshua describes marching around a city, while the psalm describes crying to God.
1 Samuel 1:19They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD …Both passages describe rising in the morning and turning toward the Lord, through worship or a cry for help.
Hebrews 6:17–19In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,The psalmist rests hope on God's words; Hebrews describes God confirming his promise with an oath.
Isaiah 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are on the earth, the …Both describe seeking God during darkness, through a cry for help or an expressed desire for him.
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Encouragement
Your need for help does not have to vanish before you hope in God's words. The psalmist cries out with that hope still intact.
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