Psalms 77:6

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.
• 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.
• 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 kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak. 5I thought about the former days, the years of long ago; I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked: 7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again? 8Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

Psalms 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 directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
• Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
• Jonah 1:2“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
• Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
• Psalms 4:4Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.
• Ecclesiastes 1:16I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”
• Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
• Job 10:2I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
• Lamentations 3:40Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:28Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from 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

Topics related to Psalms 77:6

• Diligence
• Heart
• Night
• Seekers
• Self-Examination

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Clean
• Complain
• Ear
• Jeduthun
• Manasseh
• Psalms
• Diligence; Diligent; Diligently
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah

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