Psalm 77:6-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 77:1-10

We have here the lively portraiture of a good man under prevailing melancholy, fallen into and sinking in that horrible pit and that miry clay, but struggling to get out. Drooping saints, that are of a sorrowful spirit, may here as in a glass see their own faces. The conflict which the psalmist had with his griefs and fears seems to have been over when he penned this record of it; for he says (Ps. 77:1), I cried unto God, and he gave ear unto me, which, while the struggle lasted, he had not... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 77:11-20

The psalmist here recovers himself out of the great distress and plague he was in, and silences his own fears of God's casting off his people by the remembrance of the great things he had done for them formerly, which though he had in vain tried to quiet himself with (Ps. 77:5, 6) yet he tried again, and, upon this second trial, found it not in vain. It is good to persevere in the proper means for the strengthening of faith, though they do not prove effectual at first: ?I will remember, surely... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:6

I call to remembrance my song in the night ,.... What had been an occasion of praising the Lord with a song, and which he had sung in the night seasons, when he was at leisure, his thoughts free, and he retired from company; or it now being night with him, he endeavoured to recollect what had been matter of praise and thankfulness to him, and tried to sing one of those songs now, in order to remove his melancholy thoughts and fears, but all to no purpose: I commune with mine own heart ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:7

Will the Lord cast off for ever ?.... The Syriac version of this, and the two following verses, is not by way of interrogation, but affirmation: "the Lord hath forgotten me for ever, nor will he", &c.; and so expresses the language of unbelief; but the Arabic version, in connection with the last words, with which it begins this verse, is, "and I weighed in my spirit whether the Lord", &c.; and so makes it a subject of inquiry, and at most of questioning or doubting. The Targum,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:8

Is his mercy clean gone for ever ?.... Or "his grace" F17 חסדו "gratia ipsius", Cocceius, Gejerus. ; and mercy is no other than grace to objects in misery; Unbelief says it is gone, that no more will be shown, and that the treasures of it are exhausted; but Faith says it is not gone, and observes that God is the God of all grace, is rich in mercy, and abundant in goodness; that his Son is full of grace and truth, and so is the covenant; and that though there is an abundance of it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:9

Hath God forgotten to be gracious ,.... He has not, is it possible that he should? as the Targum; it is not; he cannot forget the purposes of his grace and mercy, nor the covenant and promises of it, nor people the objects of it; and much less can he for his grace and mercy itself, so agreeable to his nature, what he delights in, and which he has proclaimed in Christ: hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? ; as an avaricious man shuts up his hand, and will not communicate... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:10

And I said, this is my infirmity ,.... Referring either to what he had said in the preceding verses; and which is to be considered either as checking and correcting himself for what he had said, and acknowledging his evil in it; and it is as if he had said, this is a sin against God, that I am guilty of in questioning his love, and disbelieving his promises; it is an iniquity I am prone unto, a sin that easily besets me; it flows from the corruption of my nature, and the plague of my heart,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:11

I will remember the works of the Lord ,.... His works of creation and providence, his government of the world, and particularly his regard for his own people, and his preservation of them, especially the people of Israel, whom he had not cast off, nor would and so might serve to strengthen his faith, that he would not cast him off for ever: and in like manner, what God has done for his people in a way of grace, in their redemption by Christ, and in a work of grace upon their souls, may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:12

I will meditate also of all thy work ,.... Or "works" F20 בכל פעלך "de unoquoque opere tuo", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. , which were many; he desired not to forget any of them, but remember the multitude of his tender mercies, and not only call them to mind, but dwell upon them in his meditations and contemplations, in order to gain some relief by them under his present circumstances: and talk of thy doings : for the good of others, and so for the glory of God, as well... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:13

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary ,.... Or "in holiness" F25 בקדש "in sanctitate", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus, Michaelis. ; that is, is holy, so the Syriac version, and to which the Targum agrees. "O God, how holy are thy ways,' see Psalm 145:17 , or "in the sanctuary", the temple, the church of God, where he takes his walks, and manifests himself, and where the reasons of his providence, and dealing with his people, are opened and... read more

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