Psalms 119:55 (LSB)

Passage

I remember in the night Your name, O Yahweh, So I keep Your law.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:53 Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law.

Psalms 119:54 Your statutes have become my songs In the house of my sojourning.

Psalms 119:55 I remember in the night Your name, O Yahweh, So I keep Your law.

Psalms 119:56 This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts.

Psalms 119:57 Yahweh is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "night", "name", "yahweh", and "keep". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "night", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "Your statutes have become my songs In..." into verse 56's "This has become mine That I observe...", so "remember" and "night" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "remember" and "night" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.