Psa 63:6, 77:4, Lam 2:19 | JFB | STEP | 6. night —as well as day. Past favors assure him of future, and hence he presses earnestly near to God, whose power sustains him ( ).

Psalms 63:6

6. night—as well as day. Past favors assure him of future, and hence he presses earnestly near to God, whose power sustains him (Ps 17:8; 60:5).

Psalms 77:4

4. holdest . . . waking—or, "fast," that I cannot sleep. Thus he is led to express his anxious feelings in several earnest questions indicative of impatient sorrow.

Lamentations 2:19

19. cry . . . in . . . night— (Ps 119:147).

beginning of . . . watches—that is, the first of the three equal divisions (four hours each) into which the ancient Jews divided the night; namely, from sunset to ten o'clock. The second was called "the middle watch" (Jud 7:19), from ten till two o'clock. The third, "the morning watch," from two to sunrise (Ex 14:24; 1Sa 11:11). Afterwards, under the Romans, they had four watches (Mt 14:25; Lu 12:38).

for . . . thy . . . children—that God, if He will not spare thee, may at least preserve "thy young children."

top of . . . street— (Isa 51:20; Na 3:10).

Resh.