Commentary for Berakhot 6:21
אמר רב אושעיא אמר רבי אחא הכי קאמר (דוד) מעולם לא עבר עלי חצות לילה בשינה.
R. Osha'ya said in the name of R. Aha : Thus declared David, "Midnight never passed me by in my sleep."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
In place of "in the name of R. Aha," M. reads: Another version: R. Eleazar said in the name of R. Osha'ya.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
This is taken to be the meaning of Ps. cxix. 62, and therefore David rose before midnight.
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