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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 77:1-10

“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 well to give expression to grief. Do not lock it in your breast. Even in the thick darkness reach out your hands toward God. Your finger-tips will find themselves touched by the divine response. Refuse to be comforted by Christian work, or by the diversions of society and business, or by the exercise of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:1-20

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 which the whole psalm turns, from a description of an experience of darkness and sorrow to one of gladness and praise. The first part tells of sorrow overwhelming the soul. The second gives a song which is the outcome of a vision that has robbed sorrow of its sting. In the first part, a great... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:1-20

LXXVII. Israel’ s Present Distress and Past Glory. Psalms 77:1-Leviticus : . The present distress. Psalms 77:1 . with my voice: i.e. with a loud voice. Psalms 77:4-Ezra : . Past glory. Psalms 77:4 . Perhaps we should translate, “ Mine eyelids are held fast,” i.e. so that they cannot close in sleep. Psalms 77:6 . The first words ought to stand at the end of Psalms 77:5, “ The years of ancient time I call to remembrance.”— my song: inappropriate; we need some such word as “ I mused.” Psalms... read more

Matthew Poole

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

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 plural,) flowed or poured forth, i.e. spread abroad to God in prayer. This phrase he useth rather than were stretched out, which is frequent in like cases, to imply that his case was low and almost desperate, his spirits and strength quite gone, so that he was not able to stretch them out, as he had done. In... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“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). One of the twenty-four musical choirs left by David bore the honorary title Jeduthun or Jedithun, perhaps from him, as its founder (1 Chronicles 25:0)A Psalm of Asaph. See Introduction to Psalms 74:0.Occasion.—It is not known, nor have we any means of determining upon what occasion the Psalm was written.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

Psalms 77:1-20 Psalms 77:1-20 :I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me ( Psalms 77:1 ).Now notice in the seventy-seventh psalm how the first part of it is centered around I. You might find it beneficial to underline every time he refers to my or I. The whole first part centers around I. "I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice. And He gave ear unto me."In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 77:1-20

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 music. The thirty ninth psalm by David, bears also the name of Jeduthun. Psalms 77:1-2 . I cried unto God In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My sore ran in the night. There is no mention of any sore in the original. The literal reading is “My hand was stretched out in the night [in... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 77:1-20

Psalms 77:1-20I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He gave ear unto me.The faculty of human thoughtThe whole psalm may be used to illustrate the faculty of human thought. Throughout the whole the author speaks of “remembering, considering, musing,” making “diligent search,” meditating, etc, etc.I. It is a power that can inflame the soul with longings for God (Psalms 77:1-2). By thought this man brought the Eternal into his soul, even in the stillness and darkness of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 77:2

Psalms 77:2My soul refused to be comforted.Refusing to be comfortedI. When a man’s soul refuses to be comforted, possibly he may be right. He may have a great spiritual sorrow, and some one, who does not at all understand his grief, may proffer to him a consolation which is far too slight. Not knowing how deep the wound is, this foolish physician may think that it can be healed with any common ointments. So, too, it is equally right to refuse to be comforted, when the comfort is untrue. When a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 77:2

Psa 77:2 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 supplication, Psalms 50:15 . My sore ran in the night ] Heb. My hand was poured out; that is, stretched out in prayer; or wet with continual weeping. Non fuit remissa, nec retracta in lectum. And ceased not ] Or, was not tired; in allusion, belike, to Moses’s hands held up against Amalek;... read more

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