God’s Word Translation
Psalms 77:8
8Has his mercy come to an end forever? Has his promise been canceled throughout every generation?
Psalms 77:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
- New International Version (NIV)Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise failed forevermore?
Context of Psalms 77:8
6I remember my song in the night and reflect ⌞on it⌟. My spirit searches ⌞for an answer⌟: 7Will the Lord reject ⌞me⌟ for all time? Will he ever accept me? Has his mercy come to an end forever? Has his promise been canceled throughout every generation? 9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he locked up his compassion because of his anger? Selah 10Then I said, “It makes me feel sick that the power of the Most High is no longer the same.”
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 77:8 word by word
הֶאָפֵ֣ס לָנֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑וֹ גָּ֥מַר אֹ֝֗מֶר לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 77:8
- Isaiah 27:11When the branches are dried up, they will be broken off. Women will come and build a fire with them. These people don’t understand ⌞these things⌟. That is why their maker won’t have compassion on them, and their Creator won’t have pity on them.
- Luke 16:25“Abraham replied, ‘Remember, my child, that you had a life filled with good times, while Lazarus’ life was filled with misery. Now he has peace here, while you suffer.
- Numbers 14:34For 40 days you explored the land. So for 40 years—one year for each day—you will suffer for your sins and know what it means for me to be against you.’
- Numbers 23:19God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn’t change his mind. When he says something, he does it. When he makes a promise, he keeps it.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to heal? Will you disappoint me like a stream that dries up in summertime?
- Romans 9:6Now it is not as though God’s word has failed. Clearly, not everyone descended from Israel is part of Israel
Commentaries on Psalms 77:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For evermore? - ודר לדר ledor vador, "to generation and generation." From race to race. Shall no mercy be shown even to the remotest generation of the children of the offenders?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? - The word rendered “clean gone” means to fail; to fail utterly. The idea is, Can it be that the compassion of God has become exhausted - that no more mercy is to be shown to mankind - that henceforth all is to be left to stern and severe justice? What would the world be if this were so! What must be the condition of mankind if mercy were no more to be shown to the race! Doth his promise fail for evermore? - Margin, as in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The psalmist questions his status before God.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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