John Gill Commentary Psalms 130:6

"My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] watchmen for the morning." — Psalms 130:6 (ASV)

My soul [waiteth] for the Lord
This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show the vehement and constant disposition of his mind towards the Lord; as well as for the sake of what follows:

more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they
that watch for the morning ;
or, "more than the morning watchers, that watch for or until the morning" ^F8 ; than watchmen of cities, or the keepers of the walls, as Aben Ezra; those who are upon the last morning watch, and are looking out for the morning light; that they may go off from duty, and lie down and sleep: or than those that sit up with sick persons; who, being solitary and melancholy, as well as want sleep, long for the morning, that they may have some refreshment: or rather than the priests and Levites that watched in the temple, that waited for the morning, that they might be relieved by others; or else than those of that function, who were very diligent to observe the break of day, that they might enter upon their morning sacrifices; of which are many instances in the Misnah ^F9 . So the Targum,

``more than they that observe the morning watches, which they observe to offer up the morning sacrifice:'' and Kimchi's paraphrase is, ``who rise in the morning watches to pray.'' The coming of Christ is said to be as the morning; and the light of God's countenance is comparable to the morning light; the discoveries of pardoning grace are through the bright shining of the sun of righteousness, and is the healing that is in his wings; and salvation and deliverance from any distress Is light that breaks forth as the morning: all and each of these are more desirable, and more to be waited for, than the natural light of the morning; see (2 Samuel 23:4) (Hosea 6:3) (Psalms 30:4) (Malachi 4:2) (Isaiah 58:8) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: So Junius & Tremellius, Musculus, Cocceius.
• F9: See Misn. Yoma, c. 3. s. 1. & Tamid, c. 3. s. 2.