Psalms 77:4

Thou holdest mine eyes, &c.— Thou didst keep the watches of mine eyes. I was troubled, and spake not.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 77:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes waking - literally, “Thou holdest the watchings of my eyes.” Gesenius (Lexicon) translates the Hebrew word rendered “wakin...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes (c) waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. (c) Meaning that his sorrows were as watchmen that kept his eyes from sleep...
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 voi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

eyes . eyelids; or, Thou keepest mine eyelids from closing.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Thou hast held the watches of my eyes. (288) This verse is to the same effect with the preceding. The Psalmist affirms that he spent who...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Thou holdest mine eyes waking - Literally, thou keepest the watches of mine eyes...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -His sleepless nights, and his inability to speak, are attributed to the...
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. Th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mine eyes waking ] rather, 'the guards of my eyes.' The eyelids are kept from closing.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes waking. — Rather, Thou hast closed the guards of my eyes — i.e., my eyelids. The Authorised Version mistakes the noun. gu...
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...
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...
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 thi...
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,...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PSALM OF THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT ‘Thou holdest mine eyes waking.’ Psalms 77:4 I. The poet was in trouble, on what occasion cannot now be kno...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes waking ,.... Or, "the watches", or rather "keepers of the eyes" m; the eyebrows, which protect the eyes; these were held, so...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Ver. 4. Thou holdest mine eyes waking ] Thou holdest the watches of mine eyes...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou holdest mine eyes waking By those bitter and continual griefs, and those perplexing and distressing thoughts and cares, which thou excitest wi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prevailing Melancholy; Mournful Supplications. To the chief musician, to Je...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou holdest mine eyes waking, by those sharp and continual griefs, and those perplexing and tormenting thoughts and cares, which from time to time...
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 ti...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The Book of Psalms, though it is divinely inspired, is also marvelously human; it is everywhere instinct with life, and life in its most, sympathetic...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This «Psalm of Asaph» has a mournful tone in it; at times the writer is in the deeps; but we may be quite sure that be will end the Psalm cheerfully...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 77:1 . I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. The writer was in very deep trouble. The trou...
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...
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...
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 co...
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, th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou holdest mine eyes waking, holding the lids of his eyes open, depriving him of sleep on account of the misery which he felt; I am so troubled th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 6:1 ; Job 2:13 ; Job 6:3 ; Job 7:13-15 ; Psalms 6:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Waking — By continual grief.

⁴ Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 77:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 77:4