Psalms 77:8

Psalms 77:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
• New International Version (NIV)Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise failed forevermore?

Context of Psalms 77:8

6I 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? Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time? 9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah. 10And I said, “This is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

Psalms 77:8 word by word

הֶאָפֵ֣ס לָנֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑וֹ גָּ֥מַר אֹ֝֗מֶר לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Is his mercyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• clean goneאָפֵס'âphês · to endH656
• for everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• promiseאֹמֶר'ômer · wordH562
• failגָּמַרgâmar · to ceaseH1584
• for evermoreדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755

Cross-references for Psalms 77:8

• Isaiah 27:11When its branches are dry, they are broken off; The women come and make a fire with them. For they are not a people of understanding, Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them, And He who created them will not be gracious to them.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.
• Numbers 14:34According to the number of days in which you spied out the land [of Canaan], forty days, for each day, you shall bear and suffer a year for your sins and guilt, for forty years, and you shall know My displeasure [the revoking of My promise and My estrangement because of your sin].
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it?
• Jeremiah 15:18Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook With water that is unreliable?
• Romans 9:6However, it is not as though God’s word has failed [coming to nothing]. For not all who are descended from Israel (Jacob) are [the true] Israel;

Commentaries on Psalms 77:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For evermore? - ודר לדר ledor vador, "to generation and generation." From race to race. Shall no mercy be shown even to the remotest generation of the children of the offenders?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? - The word rendered “clean gone” means to fail; to fail utterly. The idea is, Can it be that the compassion of God has become exhausted - that no more mercy is to be shown to mankind - that henceforth all is to be left to stern and severe justice? What would the world be if this were so! What must be the condition of mankind if mercy were no more to be shown to the race! Doth his promise fail for evermore? - Margin, as in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The psalmist questions his status before God.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 77:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Doubting
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Clean
• Complain
• Ear
• Jeduthun
• Manasseh
• Psalms
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Promise

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