Psalms 77:4

2 In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

3 I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

5 I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.

6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
KJV
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
WEB
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.
ASV
Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
DARBY
Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
BLB
You hold the lids of my eyes; I am troubled, and I cannot speak.
ÅB
Du holder mine øyne oppe i nattevaktene; jeg er urolig og taler ikke.
OTB
Du har holdt mine øyne fra å lukke seg;
Jeg er så urolig at jeg ikke kan tale.
B1930
Du holder mine øine oppe i nattevaktene; jeg er urolig og taler ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 7:13–15

    When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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  • Psalms 6:6

    I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

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  • Job 2:13

    Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

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  • Job 6:3

    For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.

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  • Esther 6:1

    That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

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