Tree of Life Version
Psalms 77:3
3In the day of my trouble I seek my Lord. At night my hand stretches out untiringly. My soul refuses to be comforted.
Psalms 77:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah
Context of Psalms 77:3
1For the music director, on Jeduthun: a psalm of Asaph. 2My voice to God—and I cried out, my voice to God—and He heard me! In the day of my trouble I seek my Lord. At night my hand stretches out untiringly. My soul refuses to be comforted. 4I remember God and I moan. I muse, and my spirit grows faint. Selah 5You hold my eyelids open— I am so troubled—I cannot speak.
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 77:3 word by word
אֶזְכְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑ה אָשִׂ֓יחָה׀ וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף רוּחִ֣י סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 77:3
- Job 6:4For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
- Job 23:15That is why I am terrified at His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
- Job 31:23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty, I could do nothing.
- Jeremiah 17:17Be not a ruin to me— You are my refuge in the evil day.
- Psalms 88:3Let my prayer come before You. Turn Your ear to my cry.
- Psalms 102:3Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn Your ear to me— in the day I call, answer me quickly.
- Job 7:11“So I will not keep silent; I will speak in the distress of my spirit, I will complain in bitterness of soul.
- Lamentations 3:17My soul has been deprived of shalom, I have forgotten goodness.
- Psalms 55:4because of the voice of the enemy, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they thrust trouble on me, and in anger bear a grudge against me.
- Psalms 61:2Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer.
- Psalms 142:2I cry aloud with my voice to Adonai. With my voice I seek favor from Adonai.
- Psalms 143:4So my spirit grows faint within me. My heart is shocked within me.
Commentaries on Psalms 77:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3My spirit was overwhelmed - As the verb is in the hithpaeI conjugation, the word must mean my spirit was overpowered in itself. It purposed to involve itself in this calamity. I felt exquisitely for my poor suffering countrymen. "The generous mind is not confined at home; It spreads itself abroad through all the public, And feels for every member of the land."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I remembered God - That is, I thought on God; I thought on his character, his government, and his dealings; I thought on the mysteries - the incomprehensible things - the apparently unequal, unjust, and partial doings - of his administration. It is evident from the whole tenor of the psalm that these were the things which occupied his attention. He dwelt on them until his whole soul became sad; until his spirit became so overwhelmed that he could not find…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3I remembered You, O God: God's people often face hard times. Remembering God's powerful actions at the beginning of their relationship assures them of God's commitment. Feeling overwhelmed, the psalmist is unable to deal with the crisis (Psalms 142:3; 143:4).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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