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Psalms 77:10
10So I say, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Psalms 77:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
Context of Psalms 77:10
8Has his faithful love ceased forever? Is his promise at an end for all generations? 9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” Selah So I say, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.” 11I will remember the Lord’s works; yes, I will remember your ancient wonders. 12I will reflect on all you have done and meditate on your actions.
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וָ֭אֹמַר חַלּ֣וֹתִי הִ֑יא שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת יְמִ֣ין עֶלְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 77:10
- Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help.
- Psalms 73:22I was stupid and didn’t understand; I was an unthinking animal toward you.
- Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”
- Job 42:3You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?” Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to know.
- Lamentations 3:18Then I thought, “My future is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord.”
- Mark 9:24Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
- Psalms 77:5I consider days of old, years long past.
- Exodus 15:6Lord, your right hand is glorious in power. Lord, your right hand shattered the enemy.
- Numbers 23:21He considers no disaster for Jacob; he sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Habakkuk 3:2Lord, I have heard the report about you; Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds. Revive your work in these years; make it known in these years. In your wrath remember mercy!
Commentaries on Psalms 77:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And I said, This is my infirmity - The Hebrew is very obscure, and has been differently translated: עליון ימימן שנות היא חלותי ואמר vaomar challothi hi shenoth yemin elyon ; "And I said, Is this my weakness? Years the right hand of the Most High." If חלותי challothi comes from חלה chalah, and signifies to pray, as De Dieu has thought, then his translation may be proper: Precari hoc meum est; mutare dextram Altissimi. "To pray, this my business; to change…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And I said, This is my infirmity - The meaning of this phrase is not, as would appear from our translation, that his reflections on the subject were to be traced to his weakness, or were a proof of weakness of mind, but that the subject overpowered him. This verse has been very variously rendered. The Septuagint and the Vulgate translate it, “And I said, now I begin; this is a change of the right hand of the Most High,” with what meaning it is difficult…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The psalmist is afraid that God's hand of protection (Psalm 44:3; 77:15; Exodus 6:6) and favor (Psalms 16:7–8; 110:1) are now against him for no clear reason.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Omitting the supplied words, we may read, "This is my affliction--the years of," &c., "years" being taken as parallel to affliction (compare Psa 90:15), as of God's ordering.Read the comment
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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
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