Psalms 119:147

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried -I anticipated it; I rose up to pray before the morning dawned. On the word “prevent,” see the notes at1 Thessalonians 4:15; notes atPsalms 21:3; notes atPsalms 59:10; notes atPsalms 79:8. The meaning here is, that he rose up before the dawn, to pray. Thus the Saviour did,Mark 1:35. (a) It is proper thus to pray, for our earliest thoughts should be those of devotion; our earliest acts should be in acknowledgment of God. (b) Such a time is eminently favorable to devotion.