English Standard Version
Psalms 77:6
6I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
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:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.
Context of Psalms 77:6
4You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5I consider the days of old, the years long ago. I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search: 7"Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? 8Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 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 42:8By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
- Job 35:10But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
- Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
- Jonah 1:2"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me."
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
- Psalms 4:4Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
- Ecclesiastes 1:16I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Job 10:2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
- Lamentations 3:40Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!
- 1 Corinthians 11:28Let a person examine himself, then, and so 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
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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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