Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWhen I remember You as I lie on my bed, I meditate on You through the watches of the night —
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GWhen I remember You upon my couch, through the night watches I meditate on You —
KJV
King James VersionWhen I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWhen I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Footnotes
*'Ašmurôt* (אַשְׁמֻרֹות) — the night watches — were the three or four timed divisions of the night used by guards and sentinels, here repurposed as devotional intervals of prayer. The contrast with verse 1 is deliberate: David seeks YHWH at dawn and meditates through the night — his entire waking existence is framed by worship. This anticipates later Jewish practice of midnight prayer (*tikkun ḥatzot*). FOG renders *yeṣûa'* (יְצוּעַ) as 'couch,' the elevated sleeping platform of the ancient world; FOG Message uses 'bed,' the more immediate English equivalent.