Psalms 77 · Verse 5

Psalms 77:5

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Psalms 77:5, King James Version

Psalms 77:5 in other translations

BSBI considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
WEBI have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
ASVI have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
YLTI have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.
DARBYI consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.
BBEMy thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.
WebsterI have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

What does Psalms 77:5 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 I have considered the days of old - חשבתי chishshabti, I have counted up; I have reckoned up the various dispensations of thy mercy in behalf of the distressed, marked down in the history of our fathers.

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Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him.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 77:5 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.

חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּיchi.Shav.tiI thought aboutH2803
יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117
מִקֶּ֑דֶםmi.Ke.demfrom antiquityH6924
שְׁ֝נ֗וֹתShe.Notyears ofH8141
עוֹלָמִֽים\׃o.la.Mimantiquiti<es>H5769

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Cross references for Psalms 77:5

  • Deuteronomy 32:7

    Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

  • Psalms 143:5

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

  • Psalms 44:1

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

  • Micah 7:14-15

    Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

  • Isaiah 63:9-15

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? …

  • Psalms 74:12-18

    For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
74:12-18; 143:5; De 32:7; Isa 51:9; 63:9-15; Mic 7:14,15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 77:6

    I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

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Psalms 77:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Consideraba los días desde el principio, los años de los siglos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu tiens ouvertes mes paupières; je suis inquiet, et je ne parle pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich durchdachte die Tage vor alters, die Jahre der Urzeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et suscitavit testimonium in Jacob, et legem posuit in Israël, quanta mandavit patribus nostris nota facere ea filiis suis: