Psalms 77:4

77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

You hold my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

What does Psalms 77:4 mean?

Psalms 77:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָחַז (ʼâchaz), עַיִן (ʻayin), שְׁמֻרָה (shᵉmurâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Thou

holdestאָחַזʼâchaz/aw-khaz'/H270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

mine

eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

waking:שְׁמֻרָהshᵉmurâh/shem-oo-raw'/H8109something guarded, i.e. an eye-lid

troubledפָּעַםpâʻam/paw-am'/H6470to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate

that

cannot

speak.דָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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What does Psalms 77:4 say?

Psalms 77:4 (King James Version) reads: "Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak."

Is Psalms 77:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 77:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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