Psalms 77 · Verse 9

Psalms 77:9

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 77:9, King James Version

Psalms 77:9 in other translations

BSBHas God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
WEBHas God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.
ASVHath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? [Selah
YLTHath God forgotten His favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.
DARBYHath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
BBEHas God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)
WebsterHath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

What does Psalms 77:9 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 9 Hath God - in anger shut up his tender mercies? - The tender mercies of God are the source whence all his kindness to the children of men flows. The metaphor here is taken from a spring, the mouth of which is closed, so that its waters can no longer run in the same channel; but, being confined, break out, and take some other course. Wilt thou take thy mercy from the Israelites, and give it to some other people? This he most certainly did. He took it from the Jews, and gave it to the Gentiles.

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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Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him.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 77:9 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.

הֲשָׁכַ֣חha.sha.Khach¿ has he forgottenH7911
חַנּ֣וֹתcha.Notto have compassionH2603
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410
אִם\־'im-or?H518
קָפַ֥ץka.Fatzhas he shut offH7092
בְּ֝אַ֗ףbe.'Afin angerH639
רַחֲמָ֥יוra.cha.Mavcompassion<s> hisH7356
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

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Cross references for Psalms 77:9

  • Isaiah 49:14-15

    But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

  • Psalms 40:11

    Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

  • Luke 13:25-28

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  • 1 John 3:17

    But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  • Romans 11:32

    For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

  • Psalms 25:6

    Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

  • Psalms 51:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath–sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  • Isaiah 40:27

    Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
Isa 40:27; 49:14,15; 63:15
shut up.
Lu 13:25-28; Ro 11:32; *marg:
1Jo 3:17

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Context

  • Psalms 77:8

    Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

  • Psalms 77:9

    Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

  • Psalms 77:10

    And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

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Psalms 77:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Ha olvidado Dios el tener misericordia? ¿ha encerrado con ira sus piedades? (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sa bonté a-t-elle cessé pour toujours? Sa parole a-t-elle pris fin de génération en génération?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hat Gott vergessen gnädig zu sein? Hat er im Zorn verschlossen seine Erbarmungen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Ephrem, intendentes et mittentes arcum, conversi sunt in die belli.