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Psalm 77

Psa. 77:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I remembered
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and was troubled
hamah (Hebrew #1993)
to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: haw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949)
: I complained
siyach (Hebrew #7878)
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
KJV usage: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
, and my spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
s was overwhelmed
`ataph (Hebrew #5848)
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
KJV usage: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
Pronounce: aw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Psa. 143:4‑5• 4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
 5I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands. (Psa. 143:4‑5)
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Lam. 3:17• 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity. (Lam. 3:17)
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I remembered.
Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me. (Job 6:4)
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Job 23:15‑16• 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
 16For *God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me; (Job 23:15‑16)
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Job 31:23• 23For calamity from *God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless. (Job 31:23)
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Jer. 17:17• 17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil. (Jer. 17:17)
I complained.
Psa. 88:3‑18• 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
 4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
 5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
 7Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
 8Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
 9Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
 10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
 13But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
 14Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
 15I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted.
 16Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
 17They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
 18Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness. (Psa. 88:3‑18)
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Psa. 102:3‑28• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
 4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
 5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh.
 6I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;
 7I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
 8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.
 9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
 11My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
 12But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.
 13*Thou* wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.
 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust.
 15And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
 16When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.
 17He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.
 18This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah:
 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth,
 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
 21That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
 22When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
 23He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days.
 24I said, My *God, take me not away in the midst of my days! … Thy years are from generation to generation.
 25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
 26*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
 27But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end.
 28The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee. (Psa. 102:3‑28)
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Job 7:11• 11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (Job 7:11)
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Lam. 3:17,39• 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
 39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (Lam. 3:17,39)
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Psa. 55:4‑5• 4My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
 5Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. (Psa. 55:4‑5)
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Psa. 61:2• 2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me. (Psa. 61:2)
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Psa. 142:2‑3• 2I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me. (Psa. 142:2‑3)
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Psa. 143:4‑5• 4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
 5I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands. (Psa. 143:4‑5)
• He remembered God, though for a time he found no rest for his soul, as apparently God was silent. Thus his spirit was overwhelmed. (“Psalms 77” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.