Psalms 77 · Verse 6

Psalms 77:6

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms 77:6, King James Version

Psalms 77:6 in other translations

BSBAt night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
WEBI remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
ASVI call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
YLTI remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently:
DARBYI remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
BBEThe memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.
WebsterI call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

What does Psalms 77:6 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 6 I 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 sung to his harp as a kind of dirge, if indeed he had a harp in that distressful captivity. My spirit made diligent search - The verb חפש chaphas signifies such an investigation as a man makes who is obliged to strip himself in order to do it; or, to lift up coverings, to search fold by fold, or in our phrase, to leave no stone unturned. The Vulgate translates: "Et scopebam spiritum meum." As scopebam is no pure Latin word, it may probably be taken from the Greek σκοπεω scopeo, "to look about, to consider attentively." It is however used by no author but St. Jerome; and by him only here and in Isa 14:23 : And I will sweep it with the besom of destruction; scopabo eam in scopa terens. Hence we see that he has formed a verb from a noun scope, a sweeping brush or besom; and this sense my old Psalter follows in this place, translating the passage thus: And I sweped my gast: which is thus paraphrased: "And swa I sweped my gaste, (I swept my soul), that is, I purged it of all fylth."

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 77:6 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.

אֶֽזְכְּרָ֥ה'ez.ke.RahI will rememberH2142
נְגִינָתִ֗יne.gi.na.Tisong myH5058
בַּ֫לָּ֥יְלָהba.La.ye.lahin the nightH3915
עִם\־'im-withH5973
לְבָבִ֥יle.va.Viheart myH3824
אָשִׂ֑יחָה'a.Si.chahI will meditateH7878
וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂvay.cha.Pesand it searchedH2664
רוּחִֽי\׃ru.Chispirit myH7307

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

Cross references for Psalms 77:6

  • Psalms 42:8

    Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

  • Psalms 4:4

    Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

  • Psalms 139:23-24

    Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

  • Lamentations 3:40

    Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

  • Job 35:10

    But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

  • Ecclesiastes 1:16

    I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

  • Job 10:2

    I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Acts 16:25

    And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

  • Jonah 1:2

    Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:28-32

    But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. …

  • Habakkuk 3:17-18

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my song.
42:8; Job 35:10; Hab 3:17,18; Jon 1:2; Ac 16:25
commune.
4:4; Ec 1:16
and.
139:23,24; Job 10:2; La 3:40; 1Co 11:28-32

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 77:7

    Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

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Psalms 77:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Acordábame de mis canciones de noche; meditaba con mi corazón, y mi espíritu inquiría.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je pense aux jours d’autrefois, aux années des siècles passés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich gedachte meines Saitenspiels in der Nacht; ich sann nach in meinem Herzen, und es forschte mein Geist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut cognoscat generatio altera: filii qui nascentur et exsurgent, et narrabunt filiis suis,