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Psalms 77:10
10And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
Psalms 77:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
Context of Psalms 77:10
8Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed? 9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.” 11But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. 12They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 77:10 word by word
וָ֭אֹמַר חַלּ֣וֹתִי הִ֑יא שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת יְמִ֣ין עֶלְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 77:10
- Psalms 31:22In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.
- Psalms 73:22I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
- Psalms 116:11In my anxiety I cried out to you, “These people are all liars!”
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me.
- Lamentations 3:18I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”
- Mark 9:24The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
- Psalms 77:5I think of the good old days, long since ended,
- Exodus 15:6“Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes the enemy.
- Numbers 23:21No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob; no trouble is in store for Israel. For the Lord their God is with them; he has been proclaimed their king.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
- Habakkuk 3:2I have heard all about you, Lord. I am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger, remember your mercy.
Commentaries on Psalms 77:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And I said, This is my infirmity - The Hebrew is very obscure, and has been differently translated: עליון ימימן שנות היא חלותי ואמר vaomar challothi hi shenoth yemin elyon ; "And I said, Is this my weakness? Years the right hand of the Most High." If חלותי challothi comes from חלה chalah, and signifies to pray, as De Dieu has thought, then his translation may be proper: Precari hoc meum est; mutare dextram Altissimi. "To pray, this my business; to change…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And I said, This is my infirmity - The meaning of this phrase is not, as would appear from our translation, that his reflections on the subject were to be traced to his weakness, or were a proof of weakness of mind, but that the subject overpowered him. This verse has been very variously rendered. The Septuagint and the Vulgate translate it, “And I said, now I begin; this is a change of the right hand of the Most High,” with what meaning it is difficult…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The psalmist is afraid that God's hand of protection (Psalm 44:3; 77:15; Exodus 6:6) and favor (Psalms 16:7–8; 110:1) are now against him for no clear reason.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Omitting the supplied words, we may read, "This is my affliction--the years of," &c., "years" being taken as parallel to affliction (compare Psa 90:15), as of God's ordering.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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