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.
• 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 don’t let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray! 5I think of the good old days, long since ended, when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now. 7Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me? 8Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed?

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 42:8But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.
• Job 35:10Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?
• Habakkuk 3:17Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,
• Jonah 1:2“Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”
• Acts 16:25Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
• Psalms 4:4Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude
• Ecclesiastes 1:16I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.”
• Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
• Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me— tell me the charge you are bringing against me.
• Lamentations 3:40Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:28That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking 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