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Psalm 77

Psa. 77:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Is his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
clean gone
'aphec (Hebrew #656)
to disappear, i.e. cease
KJV usage: be clean gone (at an end, brought to nought), fail.
Pronounce: aw-face'
Origin: a primitive root
for ever
netsach (Hebrew #5331)
or netsach {nay'-tsakh}; from 5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view); --alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-)ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
Pronounce: neh'-tsakh
? doth his promise
'omer (Hebrew #562)
the same as 561
KJV usage: promise, speech, thing, word.
Pronounce: o'-mer
fail
gamar (Hebrew #1584)
to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
KJV usage: cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.
Pronounce: gaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
πfor evermore
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
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to generation and generation.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Is his.
Isa. 27:11• 11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. (Isa. 27:11)
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Luke 16:25‑26• 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (Luke 16:25‑26)
doth.
Num. 14:34• 34After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. (Num. 14:34)
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Num. 23:19• 19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (Num. 23:19)
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Jer. 15:18• 18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? (Jer. 15:18)
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Rom. 9:6• 6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: (Rom. 9:6)
for evermore.
Heb. to generation and generation.
• Has the failure of His people withered up the mercy of God? Will God fail to carry out His promises because His people have sinned? (“Psalms 77” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his wordc come to an end from generation to generation?

JND Translation Notes

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Omer see Ps. 119.11.