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 in other translations
| BSB | At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered: |
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| WEB | I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires: |
| ASV | I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search. |
| YLT | I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently: |
| DARBY | I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search. |
| BBE | The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care. |
| Webster | I 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).
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Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him.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 77:6 in the original Hebrew
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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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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?
Psalms 77:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Acordábame de mis canciones de noche; meditaba con mi corazón, y mi espíritu inquiría. |
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| 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, |