Psalms 77:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. ”

Psalms 77:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I remembered God - That is, I thought on God; I thought on his character, his government, and his dealings; I thought on the mysteries - the incomprehensible things - the apparently unequal, unju...
Psalms 77:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I remembered God, and was (b) troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. (b) He shows that we must patiently abide though God does not deliver us from our troubles at the first cr...
Psalms 77:3 - 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 77:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

complained . communed [with myself]. my spirit . I (emphatic). Hebrew. ruach . App-9. Selah. Connecting this self-introspection with its sure result misery. See App-66.
Psalms 77:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. I will remember God, and will be troubled. The Psalmist here employs a variety of expressions to set forth the vehemence of his grief, and, at the same time, the greatness of his afflicti...
Psalms 77:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. My spirit was overwhelmed - As the verb is in the hithpaeI conjugation, the word must mean my spirit was overpo...
Psalms 77:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. I remembered God, and was troubled - rather, 'I will remember God, and will moan.' Note, Psalms 55:2 ,...
Psalms 77:3 - 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 77:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I remembered. — Better, “If I remember God I must sigh; I meditate, and my spirit faints.” Or, “Let me remember God, and sigh; I must complain, and my spirit faints.” The word rendered overwh...
Psalms 77:3 - 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 77:3 - 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 77:3 - 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 77:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat very singular, and, at first reading, very strange, in these expressions. Doth the remembrance of God, as a gracious covenant God, tend to increase affliction? Surely every remembra...
Psalms 77:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I remembered God, and was troubled ,.... Either the mercy, grace, and goodness of God, as Jarchi; how ungrateful he had been to him, how sadly he had requited him, how unthankful and unholy he was,...
Psalms 77:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Ver. 3. I remembered God, and was troubled ] Tumultuabar, fluctuando perstrepebam; for God seemed to be a...
Psalms 77:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I remembered God, and was troubled Yea, the thoughts of God, and of his infinite power, wisdom, truth, and goodness, which used to be very sweet and consolatory to me, were now causes of terror and...
Psalms 77:3 - 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 77:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Yea, the thoughts of God, and of his infinite power, and truth, and goodness, which used to be very sweet and comfortable to me, were now matter of terror and trouble, because they were all engaged a...
Psalms 77:3 - 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 77:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 77:3 There are two points of view under which we wish to present this subject: the strangeness of such an experience and some of the reasons that may account for it. I. The strangeness of...
Psalms 77:3 - 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 77:3 - 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 77:3 - 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 77:3 - 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 77:3 - 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 77:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:17 ; Job 23:15 ; Job 23:16 ; Job 31:23 ; Job 6:4 ; Job 7:11 ; Lamentations 3:17 ; Lamentations 3:39 ; Psalms 142:2 ; Psalms 142:3 ; Psalms 143:4 ; Psalms 143:5 ; Psalms 55:4...
Psalms 77:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Troubled — Yea, the thoughts of God were now a matter of trouble, because he was angry with me. Overwhelmed — So far was I from finding relief.

Psalms 77:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 77:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 77:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 77:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 77:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 77:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 77:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 77:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 77:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 77:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 77:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes