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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 overwhelmed in (on) me is my spirit,{HR}In the midst of me desolated is my heart.
 5I remembered days of old;{HR}I meditated on all thy doings;{HR}On the work of thy hands I mused. (Psa. 143:4‑5)
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Lam. 3:17• 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. (Lam. 3:17)
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I remembered.
Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,{HR}The poison of which my spirit drinketh up.{HR}The terrors of God array themselves against me. (Job 6:4)
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Job 23:15‑16• 15Therefore I am confounded before his face;{HR}I consider, and am afraid before him.
 16For God [El] hath made my heart soft,{HR}And the Almighty hath confounded me, (Job 23:15‑16)
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Job 31:23• 23For the destruction of God [El] was a terror to me,{HR}And before his majesty I was powerless. (Job 31:23)
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Jer. 17:17• 17{i}Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.{/i} (Jer. 17:17)
I complained.
Psa. 88:3‑18• 3For my soul is full of troubles,{HR}And my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
 4I am counted with those that descend to the pit,{HR}I am as a man without strength:
 5Among the dead free, as the slain that lie in the grave,{HR}Whom thou rememberest no more,{HR}And they are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the pit of abysses,{HR}In dark places, in depths.
 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,{HR}And thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy breakers. Selah.
 8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me,{HR}Thou hast made me abomination to them:{HR}[I am] shut up and cannot come forth.
 9Mine eye wasteth because of mine affliction.{HR}I have called on thee, O Jehovah, every day,{HR}I have stretched out my hands toward thee.
 10Wilt thou do a wonder to the dead?{HR}Shall shades (Rephaim) arise?{HR}Shall they praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy mercy be declared in the grave?{HR}Thy faithfulness in destruction (Abaddon)?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the darkness,{HR}And thy righteousness in a land of forgetfulness?
 13But for me, I cry unto thee, O Jehovah,{HR}And in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
 14Why, O Jehovah, dost thou cast off my soul?{HR}Hidest thou thy face from me?
 15Poor [am] I and expiring from youth;{HR}I have borne thy terror; I am distracted.
 16Thy fierce angers have come over me;{HR}Thy terrors have cut me off,
 17They have surrounded me like the water all the day,{HR}And they have closed in upon me together.
 18Thou hast put far from me lover and associate;{HR}Mine acquaintances [are] darkness. (Psa. 88:3‑18)
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Psa. 102:3‑28• 3For my days are consumed like smoke,{HR}And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
 4My heart is smitten as grass and dried up;{HR}For I forget to eat my bread.
 5From the voice of my groaning{HR}My bone cleaveth to my flesh.
 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness,{HR}I am become as an owl of desolate places;
 7I watch and become as a sparrow upon the housetop.
 8All the day mine enemies reproach me,{HR}And they that are mad against me swear by me.
 9For I have eaten ashes like bread,{HR}And mingled my drink with weeping,
 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath;{HR}For thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
 11My days [are] as a shadow stretched out,{HR}And for me, I am withered as grass.
 12But {i}thou,{/i} Jehovah, forever abidest,{HR}And thy memorial from generation to generation.
 13{i}Thou{/i} wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come.
 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones{HR}And are gracious to her dust.
 15And nations shall fear Jehovah's name,{HR}And all kings of the earth thy glory.
 16For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory,
 17He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer.
 18This shall be written for an after generation,{HR}And a people to be created shall praise Jah.
 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;{HR}From the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth;
 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner,{HR}To loose the sons of death,
 21To declare in Zion Jehovah's name{HR}And his praise in Jerusalem,
 22When peoples are gathered together,{HR}And kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
 23He weakened my strength in the way,{HR}He shortened my days.
 24I said, O my God ,{HR}Take me not away in the midst of my days:{HR}In generation of generations [are] thy years.
 25Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
 26{i}They{/i} shall perish, and {i}thou{/i} shalt endure;{HR}And all of them as the garment shall wax old;{HR}As the vesture shalt thou change them,{HR}And they shall be changed.
 27But {i}thou{/i} [art] the same (He),{HR}And thy years shall have no end.
 28The sons of thy servants shall continue,{HR}And their seed shall be established before thee. (Psa. 102:3‑28)
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Job 7:11• 11I also will not restrain my mouth,{HR}I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,{HR}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 forgat 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,{HR}And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
 5Fear and trembling are come upon me,{HR}And horror hath overwhelmed me. (Psa. 55:4‑5)
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Psa. 61:2• 2From the end of the earth I will call unto thee,{HR}When my heart is overwhelmed:{HR}To a rock higher than I thou wilt lead me. (Psa. 61:2)
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Psa. 142:2‑3• 2I pour out in his presence my plaint;{HR}My distress in his presence show.
 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,{HR}{i}Thou{/i} knewest my path;{HR}In the way that I go they hid a snare for me. (Psa. 142:2‑3)
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Psa. 143:4‑5• 4And overwhelmed in (on) me is my spirit,{HR}In the midst of me desolated is my heart.
 5I remembered days of old;{HR}I meditated on all thy doings;{HR}On the work of thy hands I mused. (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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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I remembered God and was disquieted;{HR}I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.