New English Translation
Psalms 77:6
6I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.
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:
- English Standard Version (ESV)I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
- 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.
Context of Psalms 77:6
4You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak. 5I thought about the days of old, about ancient times. I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening. 7I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor? 8Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?
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 decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.
- Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
- Habakkuk 3:17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
- Jonah 1:2“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
- Psalms 4:4Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)
- Ecclesiastes 1:16I thought to myself, “I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”
- Psalms 139:23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
- Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
- Lamentations 3:40Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat 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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