Psalm 119:147
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Cross-references
Psalm 119:74 rejoices that others see the psalmist's hope in God's word, directly paralleling the hope expressed in verse 147.
Psalm 119:81 also declares hope in God's word despite faintness, reinforcing the theme of trusting God's word in distress.
Psalm 119:49 also focuses on hope in God's word—directly reinforcing the same trust expressed here.
Psalm 88:13 directly parallels—a morning cry to the Lord, just as the psalmist rises before dawn to cry for help.
Psalm 130:5 explicitly states waiting for the Lord and hoping in his word, a direct parallel to the psalmist's hope in God's words.
Psalm 130:6 uses the watchman waiting for morning as an analogy for waiting on God, mirroring the psalmist's early morning hope in God's word.
Psalm 5:3 also describes morning prayer—David presents his plea and waits—mirroring the psalmist's pre-dawn cry for help.
Psalm 55:17 expands the prayer pattern: crying out evening, morning, and noon—similar to this pre-dawn cry.
Psalm 56:4 praises God's word and trusts without fear, sharing the theme of relying on God's word for hope.
Isaiah 26:9 expresses yearning for God in the morning, echoing the same early-morning longing for God found here.
Mark 1:35 shows Jesus rising early to pray in solitude, providing a NT example of the same early morning devotion.
Lamentations 2:19 calls to cry out at the start of night watches—echoes this pre-dawn cry for help.
Hebrews 6:17-19 describes hope in God's promises as an anchor, expanding the concept of hope in God's word to a secure assurance.