God’s Word Translation
Psalms 77:4
4(You keep my eyelids open.) I am so upset that I cannot speak.
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
2On the day I was in trouble, I went to the Lord for help. At night I stretched out my hands in prayer without growing tired. Yet, my soul refused to be comforted. 3I sigh as I remember God. I begin to lose hope as I think about him. Selah (You keep my eyelids open.) I am so upset that I cannot speak. 5I have considered the days of old, the years long ago. 6I remember my song in the night and reflect ⌞on it⌟. My spirit searches ⌞for an answer⌟:
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 77:4 word by word
אָ֭חַזְתָּ שְׁמֻר֣וֹת עֵינָ֑י נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֲדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 77:4
- Psalms 6:6I am worn out from my groaning. My eyes flood my bed every night. I soak my couch with tears.
- Esther 6:1That night the king could not sleep. So he told ⌞a servant⌟ to bring the official daily records, and they were read to the king.
- Job 7:13When I say, ‘My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,’
- Job 2:13Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.
- Job 6:3then they would be heavier than the sand of the seas. I spoke carelessly
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
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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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