QOPH
145 I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O Lord!
I will keep Your statutes.
146 I cry out to You;
Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.
148 My eyes are awake through the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
O Lord, revive me according to Your justice.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness;
They are far from Your law.
151 You are near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.
152 Concerning Your testimonies,
I have known of old that You have founded them forever.
Much of this stanza is about the intensity of the psalmist’s desire for God and His Word.
founded (v.152) = established, fixed
The theme of [this] stanza is the relationship which the Messiah establishes between prayer and the Bible in circumstances of danger and opposition. … Messiah here (vs.147-148) states that ere darkness fell He read the Bible each evening and meditated therein, and that before morning dawned He was found upon His knees; and He states that His reason for so acting was because He believed and confided in and counted upon its Divine promises (v.147). …
“According to” occurs twice in verse 149). It first measures the boundlessness of God’s love, and then the boundaries of His judgment. … Those who pursued Messiah in order to injure Him were murderously near to Him and far from the Bible (v.150); but Jehovah was near also. His commandments were truth; the enemies’ falsehood (v.151). — Williams, pages 397-398.
