Psalms 77:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sorea ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. ”

Psalms 77:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord - Compare the notes at Psalms 50:15 . This trouble may have been either mental or bodily; that is, it may have arisen from some form of disease, or it...
Psalms 77:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVII. Israel's Present Distress and Past Glory. Psalms 77:1-3 . The present distress. Psalms 77:1 . with my voice: i.e. with a loud voice. Psalms 77:4-15 . Past glory. Psalms 7...
Psalms 77:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim altered Jehovah to Adonai. See App-32. My sore ran. Hebrew hand was outstretched: i.e. in prayer. ceased not: i.e. to be outstretched....
Psalms 77:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. I sought the Lord in the day of my trouble. In this verse he expresses more distinctly the grievous and hard oppression to which the Church was at that time subjected. There is, however,...
Psalms 77:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. My sore ran in the night, and ceased not - This is a most unaccountable translat...
Psalms 77:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My sore ran in the night, &c.— My hand was spread, or stretched out in the night, and remitted not. Houbigant. Green renders it, In the night mine eye trickled down without ceasing.
Psalms 77:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I sought the Lord - rather, 'I seek the Lord.' My sore ran in the nig...
Psalms 77:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Book 3 There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah. The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of...
Psalms 77:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My sore ran ... — The text of this verse is evidently faulty. As it stands it is unintelligible. My hand was poured out and grew not dull (like a corpse). The LXX. and Vulg. have, “with my hands...
Psalms 77:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 77:1-20 THE occasion of the profound sadness of the first part of this psalm may be inferred from the thoughts which brighten it into hope in the second. These were the memories of past nat...
Psalms 77:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Doth His Promise Fail?” Psalms 77:1-10 There is a strong resemblance between this psalm and Habakkuk 3:1-19 . It may be divided at the Selahs. The psalmist's anguish , Psalms 77:1-3 . It is...
Psalms 77:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of the healing of sorrow. It opens with the declaration of determination to cry to God, and then proceeds to explain the reason of this determination. Verse Psa 77:10 is the pivot on w...
Psalms 77:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every verse tends more and more to confirm the foregoing observation: Being in an agony (saith the evangelist), he prayed more earnestly, and the sweat of his face was as it were great drops of blood...
Psalms 77:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord ,.... Not the creature, for help, and creature amusements to drive away trouble, but the Lord, in private, by prayer and supplication; a time of trouble is...
Psalms 77:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Ver. 2. In the day of my trouble ] The time of affliction is the time of supp...
Psalms 77:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord Being afflicted, he prayed, James 5:13 , and being in an agony he prayed the more fervently: he cried unto God. He did not apply to the diversion of bu...
Psalms 77:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prevailing Melancholy; Mournful Supplications. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph. 1 I cried unto...
Psalms 77:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My sore ran : the hand in the Hebrew tongue, and Scripture use, is oft put for a blow or stroke given by the hand. Heb. My hand , or hands , (the singular number being frequently put for the plu...
Psalms 77:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph .” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of sacred music in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 16:41-42 ; 2 Chronicles 5:12 )....
Psalms 77:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm is headed «To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun,» He was one of the great singers; there is opportunity given in the Psalms for each of the sinners to take his turn.; it does not do for any...
Psalms 77:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph. There is an uncertainty, whether Jeduthun were a master of music, or whether the name designate an instrument, or some air or term of mu...
Psalms 77:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He gave ear unto me. The faculty of human thought The whole psalm may be used to illustrate the faculty of human thought. Throug...
Psalms 77:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is the lament and expostulation with God of some afflicted person, perhaps Asaph, who speaks as the mouthpiece of his countrymen, complaining of Israel's apparent deserti...
Psalms 77:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Tribulation and Comfort of the Righteous. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, at that time in charge of the Temple music, a psalm of Asaph, the psalm picturing the relief experienced by believ...
Psalms 77:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 6:28 ; 2 Corinthians 12:7 ; 2 Corinthians 12:8 ; 2 Kings 19:15-20 ; 2 Kings 19:3 ; 2 Kings 19:4 ; Esther 4:1-4 ; Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 32:7-12 ; Genesis 37:35 ; Hebrews 5:7...
Psalms 77:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Night — Which to others was a time of rest and quietness.

Psalms 77:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 77:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 77:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 77:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 77:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 77:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 77:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 77:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 77:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 77:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 77:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 77:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 77:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 77:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 77:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 77:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes