Salmos 119:148

148 Os meus olhos se antecipam �s vigílias da noite, para que eu medite na tua palavra.

Salmos 119:148 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:148

Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches
The Targum is,

``the morning and evening watches.''

There were three of them; Kimchi interprets it of the second and third; the meaning is, that the psalmist was awake and employed in one religious exercise or another, praying, reading, or meditating; either before the watches were set, or however before the time that some of them took place, or at least before they were all over;

that I might meditate in thy word;
he rose so early, in order to give himself up to meditation on the word of God; that he might be better instructed in the knowledge of divine things; that he might have solace and comfort from thence under his afflictions; and that he might be better furnished for the work of prayer; for the more familiar the word of God is to us, the better able we are to speak to God in his own language.

Salmos 119:148 In-Context

146 A ti clamo; salva-me, para que guarde os teus testemunhos.

147 Antecipo-me � alva da manhã e clamo; aguardo com esperança as tuas palavras.

148 Os meus olhos se antecipam �s vigílias da noite, para que eu medite na tua palavra.

149 Ouve a minha voz, segundo a tua benignidade; vivifica-me, ó Senhor, segundo a tua justiça.

150 Aproximam-se os que me perseguem maliciosamente; andam afastados da tua lei.