Psalms 77:9

77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? for evermore: Heb. to generation and generation?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

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Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

What does Psalms 77:9 mean?

Psalms 77:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֵל (ʼêl), שָׁכַח (shâkach), חַנּוֹת (channôwth).

Hebrew interlinear

Hath

Godאֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)

forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach/shaw-kakh'/H7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

gracious?חַנּוֹתchannôwth/klan-noth'/H2589supplication

hath

angerאַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

shut

upקָפַץqâphats/kaw-fats'/H7092to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)

his

tender

mercies?רַחַםracham/rakh'-am/H7356compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden

Selah.סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pause

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 77:9.

Deuteronomy 4:31

(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Deuteronomy 6:15

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 27:45

Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Genesis 43:14

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. If: or, And I, as I have been, etc.

Genesis 49:25

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

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What does Psalms 77:9 say?

Psalms 77:9 (King James Version) reads: "Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah."

Is Psalms 77:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 77:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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