Psalms 77 · Verse 3

Psalms 77:3

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalms 77:3, King James Version

Psalms 77:3 in other translations

BSBI remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
WEBI remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
ASVI remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. [Selah
YLTI remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.
DARBYI remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
BBEI will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
WebsterI remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

What does Psalms 77:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 77:3-9
3-9. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 My 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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 77:1-10

Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him. In the day of his trouble the psalmist did not seek for the diversion of business or amusement, but he sought God, and his favor and grace. Those that are under trouble of mind, must pray it away. He pored upon the trouble; the methods that should have relieved him did but increase his grief. When he…

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Psalms 77:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֶזְכְּרָ֣ה'ez.ke.RahI will rememberH2142
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑הve.'e.he.ma.Yahso I may murmurH1993
אָשִׂ֓יחָה\׀'a.Si.chahI will complainH7878
וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ףve.tit.'a.Teffor it may faint awayH5848
רוּחִ֣יru.Chispirit myH7307
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 77:3

  • Psalms 61:2

    From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

  • Psalms 142:2-3

    I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

  • Job 7:11

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 31:23

    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • Lamentations 3:39

    Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • Psalms 55:4-5

    My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

  • Psalms 42:11

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • Psalms 143:4-5

    Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

  • Psalms 43:5

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • Job 23:15-16

    Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

  • Psalms 102:3-28

    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I remembered.
Job 6:4; 23:15,16; 31:23; Jer 17:17
I complained.
88:3-18; 102:3-28; Job 7:11; La 3:17,39
spirit.
55:4,5; 61:2; 142:2,3; 143:4,5

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Context

  • Psalms 77:2

    In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

  • Psalms 77:3

    I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • Psalms 77:4

    Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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Psalms 77:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Acordábame de Dios, y gritaba: quejábame, y desmayaba mi espíritu. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Au jour de ma détresse j’ai cherché le Seigneur; ma main était étendue durant la nuit et ne se lassait point; mon âme refusait d’être consolée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich gedachte Gottes, und ich stöhnte; ich sann nach, und mein Geist ermattete.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quanta audivimus, et cognovimus ea, et patres nostri narraverunt nobis.