King James Version

Psalms 130:6

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

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נַפְשִׁ֥יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…לַֽאדֹנָ֑יladonayto Lordאֲדֹנָיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥יםmishomerimfrom bewardשָׁמַרpreposition, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “from beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶרlaboqerto dayבֹּקֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to day”, the ordinary formH1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.שֹׁמְרִ֥יםshomerimbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).לַבֹּֽקֶרlaboqerto dayבֹּקֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to day”, the ordinary formH1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Young’s Literal Translation

My soul [is] for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

World English Bible

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

Darby Translation

My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον· ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός,