Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

New American Standard Bible

I will remember my song in the night;
I will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit ponders:

King James Version

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Holman Bible

At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

International Standard Version

During the night I remembered my song. I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

A Conservative Version

I call to remembrance my song in the night. I commune with my own heart, and my spirit makes diligent search.

American Standard Version

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

Amplified


I will remember my song in the night;
I will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit searches:

Darby Translation

I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.

Julia Smith Translation

I will remember my stringed instruments in the night: I shall meditate with my heart, and my spirit will search out.

King James 2000

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I remember my song in the night. With my heart I meditate, and my spirit searches [to understand].

Modern King James verseion

I remember my song in the night; I speak with my own heart, and my spirit carefully searches.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I called to remembrance my song in the night, I communed with mine own heart, and sought out my spirit.

NET Bible

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

New Heart English Bible

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

The Emphasized Bible

I remember my song in the night, - With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search: -

Webster

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

World English Bible

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

Youngs Literal Translation

I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently:

Context Readings

Confidence In A Time Of Crisis

5 My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone. 6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care. 7 Will the Lord put me away for ever? will he be kind no longer?


Cross References

Psalm 4:4

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

Psalm 42:8

But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Job 10:2

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

Job 35:10

But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

Psalm 139:23-24

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

Lamentations 3:40

Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

Jonah 1:2

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

Acts 16:25

But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

1 Corinthians 11:28-32

But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

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