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Psalm 119:62

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.

60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH
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Notice

Midnight becomes a time for thanks, and the reason is striking: the writer rises because God’s ordinances are righteous, finding cause for gratitude in what God commands.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.Midnight is the hour of thanksgiving in the psalm and of prayer and hymns to God for Paul and Silas.
Psalm 119:164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.Both verses give the same reason for thanks or praise, God’s righteous ordinances, at midnight or seven times a day.
Psalm 55:17Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.Both prayers name hours for turning to God, though one expresses midnight thanks and the other distress throughout the day.
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 passages turn toward God in the night and speak of righteousness in connection with his ordinances or judgments.
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 passages describe rising during darkness to address God, one at midnight and the other early in the morning.
Psalm 42:8The LORD 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.Both passages make the night a time of speech toward God, through thanksgiving in one and song and prayer in the other.
Psalm 119:7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.Both verses link giving thanks to God with the righteousness of his ordinances or judgments.
Romans 7:12Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.The psalm names God’s ordinances as righteous, and Romans names the commandment as holy, righteous, and good.
Deuteronomy 4:8What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?Both passages describe God’s ordinances as righteous, with Deuteronomy drawing attention to the law given to Israel.
Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,Both passages connect the night with God: one through thanksgiving, the other through songs that God the Maker gives.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. wanting a steady prayer habit. praise and worship.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Thank God for his righteous ordinances before bed one night

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Encouragement

The surrounding lines speak of being bound by the wicked, yet thanks still has a place at midnight. God’s ordinances remain righteous amid that trouble.

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