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Psalm 77

Psa. 77:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou holdest
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
waking
shmurah (Hebrew #8109)
something guarded, i.e. an eye-lid
KJV usage: waking.
Pronounce: shem-oo-raw'
Origin: feminine of passive participle of 8104
: I am so troubled
pa`am (Hebrew #6470)
to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate
KJV usage: move, trouble.
Pronounce: paw-am'
Origin: a primitive root
that I cannot speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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holdest.
Psa. 6:6• 6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. (Psa. 6:6)
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Esther 6:1• 1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. (Esther 6:1)
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Job 7:13‑15• 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. (Job 7:13‑15)
I am.
Job 2:13• 13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. (Job 2:13)
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Job 6:3• 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. (Job 6:3)
• Although delivered they are not yet in the enjoyment of their covenant blessings. There is no praise in this psalm. They still have many doubts and fears (vs. 4-9). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.