Psalm 77:8 KJV

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:8

For evermore? - ודר לדר ledor vador , "to generation and generation." From race to race. Shall no mercy be shown even to the remotest generation of the children of the offenders? read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-15

Refuge in God's unchangeableness. Occasion of the psalm uncertain. "The poet flees from the sorrowful present away into the memory of the years of olden times, and consoles himself especially with the deliverance out of Egypt. But it remains obscure what kind of affliction it is which drives him to find refuge from the God now hidden in the God who was formerly manifest." I. HE PERSEVERES IN PRAYER , THOUGH HE HAS NO SENSE OF THE PRESENCE OR MERCY OF GOD ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

From darkness to dawn. So may this psalm be described. We have the night of weeping followed by the morning, if not of joy, yet of peace. It is a portraiture to which the experience of myriads of souls has answered and will answer. Hence, for the help of all such, the psalm has been given. We know not who the writer was, nor when, nor the special reason why, the psalm was written. We only know that it is the utterance of a heart that had been sorely troubled, but to whom light and peace... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:7-9

The temptation and the refuge. "Will the Lord cast off?" Here is a soul passing through the very valley of the shadow of death, yet coming out again into the sunshine of God's loving kindness and truth. As Christian, in Bunyan's allegory, could not distinguish the whisperings of evil spirits from his own thoughts, so the bitter questions the psalmist records here as almost overturning his faith, may well have been temptations of the evil one. Whatever their source, there could be but one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:8

Is his mercy clean gone forever? The mercy which he has so long shown towards Israel (comp. Psalms 78:1-72 .). Doth his promise fail forevermore? The promise which he made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would be with their seed forever ( Genesis 17:7-13 ; Genesis 26:24 ; Genesis 35:11 , Genesis 35:12 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:8

Possible exhaustion of God's mercies. So fully was the thought of God woven into the whole life and relations of a pious Jew, that to him the unbearable distress was the lost sense of God's presence and interest. We have two striking instances of this. The supreme point of David's distress, when fleeing from his son Absalom, lay in this—his enemies taunted him with the lost favour of God, saying, "Where is now thy God?" And Isaiah closes his magnificent fortieth chapter with this sublime... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:8

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? - The word rendered “clean gone” means to fail; to fail utterly. The idea is, Can it be that the compassion of God has become exhausted - that no more mercy is to be shown to mankind - that henceforth all is to be left to stern and severe justice? What would the world be if this were so! What must be the condition of mankind if mercy were no more to be shown to the race!Doth his promise fail for evermore? - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to generation and generation.”... read more

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:8

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