Psalms 77:4
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Psalms 77:4 in other translations
| BSB | You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak. |
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| WEB | You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak. |
| ASV | Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. |
| YLT | Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not. |
| DARBY | Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak. |
| BBE | You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come. |
| Webster | Thou holdest my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. |
What does Psalms 77:4 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).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him.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…
Psalms 77:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 77:4
- Job 7:13-15
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
- Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Job 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
- Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
- Esther 6:1
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:6; Es 6:1; Job 7:13-15
I am.
Job 2:13; 6:3
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 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.
- Psalms 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Psalms 77:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tenías los párpados de mis ojos: estaba yo quebrantado, y no hablaba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je me souvenais de Dieu, et j’étais agité; je me lamentais, et mon esprit défaillait. Sélah. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du hieltest fest die Lider meiner Augen; ich war voll Unruhe und redete nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non sunt occultata a filiis eorum in generatione altera, narrantes laudes Domini et virtutes ejus, et mirabilia ejus quæ fecit. |