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,
Read in contextPsalms 6:6
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Read in contextJob 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.
Read in contextJob 6:3
For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
Read in contextEsther 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.
Read in context