Psalms 77:6

Psalms 77:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
• New International Version (NIV)I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
• English Standard Version (ESV)I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
• New King James Version (NKJV)I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, And my spirit makes diligent search.

Context of Psalms 77:6

4You have held my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5I have considered the ancient days, The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago. I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, And my spirit searches: 7Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never be favorable again? 8Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time?

Psalms 77:6 word by word

אֶֽזְכְּרָ֥ה נְגִינָתִ֗י בַּ֫לָּ֥יְלָה עִם־לְבָבִ֥י אָשִׂ֑יחָה וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ רוּחִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I call to remembranceזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• my songנְגִינָהnegîynâh negîynath · musicH5058
• in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• I communeשִׂיחַώîyach · to museH7878
• with mine own heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• made diligent searchחָפַשׂchâphaώ · to searchH2664

Cross-references for Psalms 77:6

• Psalms 42:8Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song will be with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
• Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not blossom And there is no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive fails And the fields produce no food, Though the flock is cut off from the fold And there are no cattle in the stalls,
• Jonah 1:2“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”
• Acts 16:25But about midnight when Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
• Psalms 4:4Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.
• Ecclesiastes 1:16I spoke with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom and experience, more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.”
• Psalms 139:23Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
• Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]! Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me.
• Lamentations 3:40Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:28But a person must [prayerfully] examine himself [and his relationship to Christ], and only when he has done so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

Commentaries on Psalms 77:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I call to remembrance my song in the night - I do not think that נגינתי neginathi means my song. We know that נגינת neginath signifies some stringed musical instrument that was struck with a plectrum, but here it possibly might be applied to the Psalm that was played on it. But it appears to me rather that the psalmist here speaks of the circumstances of composing the short ode contained in the seventh, eighth, and ninth verses; which it is probable he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I call to remembrance my song in the night - Compare Job 35:10, note; Psalm 42:8, note. The word here rendered “song” - נגינה negı̂ynâh - means properly the music of stringed instruments, Lamentations 5:14; Isaiah 38:20; then, a stringed instrument. It is the word which we have so often in the titles to the psalms (Psalm 4:1-8; Psalm 6:1-10; Psalm 54:1-7; Psalm 67:1-7; Psalm 76:1-12); and it is used here in the sense of song or psalm. The idea is, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6As the psalmist meditates at night, he feels so disturbed that he cannot sleep or speak. He has pleasant memories of the past, but he cannot look beyond the present moment into the future.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-93-9. His sad state contrasted with former joys. was troubled--literally, "violently agitated," or disquieted (Psa 39:6; 41:5). my spirit was overwhelmed--or, "fainted" (Psa 107:5; Jon 2:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 77:6

• Diligence
• Heart
• Night
• Seekers
• Self-Examination

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Clean
• Complain
• Ear
• Jeduthun
• Manasseh
• Psalms
• Diligence; Diligent; Diligently
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah

Commentaries on Psalms 77

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings