Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches - Mine eyes are already awake before the night-watches are past (Maurer). 'The night watches find me awake when they come' (Hengstenberg). The latter accords best with the words, Psalms 63:6; Psalms 77:4; Lamentations 2:19). Wilberforce used to say, 'I find most time for business, and do it best, when I have most properly observed my private devotions.'