Psalm 77:2
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
צָרָה
tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
נָחַם
nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →נָחַם nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Study H5162 →מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Study H3966 →צָרָה tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Study H6869 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoe...
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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