Psalms 119:145

“I cried with my whole heart ... - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Koph (ק q), answering to our letter “k.” The expression “I cried with my whole heart” means that he did it earnestly, fervently. He had no divided wishes when he prayed. Not always is this so, even with good people. They sometimes offer a form of prayer, that they may be spiritually-minded, when their hearts are intensely worldly, and they would be unwilling to be otherwise; or that religion may be revived, when their hearts have no lively interest in it, and no wish for it; or that they may live wholly to God, when they are making all their arrangements to live for the world, and…”

“119:145-152 Qoph (ק): The psalmist prays to the Lord at night. Although God appears to be distant, he is nearby. 119:145-148 I pray and I cry out translate the same Hebrew verb. • I rise early and I stay awake translate the same Hebrew verb.”

“cried: Psa 119:10, Psa 61:1, Psa 61:2, Psa 62:8, Psa 86:4, Psa 102:1 \*title Psa 142:1, Psa 142:2; Sa1 1:10, Sa1 1:15; Jer 29:13 I will: Psa 119:44, Psa 119:106, Psa 119:115 Psalms 119:146”

“The eightfold Koph. Fidelity to God's word, and deliverance according to His promise, is the purport of his unceasing prayer. Even in the morning twilight (נשׁף) he was awake praying. It is not הנּשׁף, I anticipated the twilight; nor is קדּמתּי, according to Psa 89:14, equivalent to קדמתיך, but ואשׁוּע...קדּמתּי is the resolution of the otherwise customary construction קדמתי לשׁוּע, Jon 4:2, inasmuch as קדּם may signify "to go before" ( Psa 68:26), and also "to make haste (with anything):" even early before the morning's dawn I cried. Instead of לדבריך the Ker (Targum, Syriac, Jerome) more appropriately reads לדברך after Psa 119:74, Psa 119:81, Psa 119:114. But his eyes also anticipated the…”