Psalms 77:4

Psalms 77:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
• New International Version (NIV)You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Context of Psalms 77:4

2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted. 3I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak. 5I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.

Psalms 77:4 word by word

אָ֭חַזְתָּ שְׁמֻר֣וֹת עֵינָ֑י נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֲדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear

• speakשִׂיחַώîyach · to museH7878

Cross-references for Psalms 77:4

• Psalms 6:6I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.
• Esther 6:1On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
• Job 7:13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
• Job 2:13And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that [his] anguish was very great.
• Job 6:3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.

Commentaries on Psalms 77:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou holdest mine eyes waking - Literally, thou keepest the watches of mine eyes - my grief is so great that I cannot sleep. I am so troubled that I cannot speak - This shows an increase of sorrow and anguish. At first he felt his misery, and called aloud. He receives more light, sees and feels his deep wretchedness, and then his words are swallowed by excessive distress. His woes are too big for utterance. "Small troubles are loquacious; the great are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou holdest mine eyes waking - literally, “Thou holdest the watchings of my eyes.” Gesenius (Lexicon) translates the Hebrew word rendered “waking,” “eyelids.” Probably that is the true idea. The eyelids are the watchers or guardians of the eyes. In danger, and in sleep, they close. Here the idea is, that God held them so that they did not close. He overcame the natural tendency of the eye to shut. In other words, the psalmist was kept awake; he could not…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 77:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

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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