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Psalm 130:6

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

4But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
5I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
7Israel, hope in the LORD, for there is loving kindness with the LORD. Abundant redemption is with him.
8He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
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Notice

The repeated line about watchmen waiting for morning makes longing for the Lord feel drawn out and alert, with the same desire spoken twice.

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What does the repeated longing for morning capture about your own waiting for the Lord?

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Connect

Where else Scripture says this

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

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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 passages connect watching and morning with expectation directed toward God, through longing in one and spoken requests in the other.
Psalm 63:6when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.Night watches connect these passages, as one compares longing to a watchman's waiting and the other describes remembering God at night.
Psalm 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.Both portray attention turned toward God before morning, through longing for the Lord and a cry for help before dawn.
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 speak of the soul's desire for God, with night framing Isaiah's seeking and the watchmen's longing for morning.
Psalm 119:123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.Both describe longing directed toward God, through watchmen awaiting morning and eyes worn out looking for his salvation.
Job 7:4When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.Both use the wait for night to end to express longing, though Job describes his own sleepless distress.
Isaiah 21:8He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.Watchmen connect these passages: the psalm uses their longing for morning, while Isaiah describes keeping watch through day and night.
Acts 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.Both describe people wanting daylight: watchmen in the psalm's comparison and those aboard a ship who fear running aground.
2 Corinthians 7:11For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and …Both passages name longing; the psalm directs it toward the Lord, while Paul includes it among responses to godly grief.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. feeling distant from God. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray this verse aloud, then name your longing

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Encouragement

The watchmen still wait when the verse ends. Longing for the Lord belongs within hope in his word, even before the waiting has ended.

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