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Psalms 77:10
10Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
Context of Psalms 77:10
8Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? 9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High." 11I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. 12I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
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וָ֭אֹמַר חַלּ֣וֹתִי הִ֑יא שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת יְמִ֣ין עֶלְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 77:10
- Psalms 31:22I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your sight." But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.
- Psalms 73:22I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
- Psalms 116:11I said in my alarm, "All mankind are liars."
- Job 42:3'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
- Lamentations 3:18so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord."
- Mark 9:24Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"
- Psalms 77:5I consider the days of old, the years long ago.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
- Numbers 23:21He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Habakkuk 3:2O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in 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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