Psalm 77:9
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
רַךְ
rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
רַחַם
racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Key Terms in This Verse
חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →רַחַם racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Study H7356 →שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained...
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