Psalms 77:4

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Psalms 77:4


← Psalms 77:3 Psalms 77:4 (KJV) Psalms 77:5 →
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.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou holdestH270 mine eyesH5869 wakingH8109: I am so troubledH6470 that I cannot speakH1696.


Original Hebrew

אָחַזְתָּ שְׁמֻרֹות עֵינָי נִפְעַמְתִּי וְלֹא אֲדַבֵּר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אָ֭חַזְתָּ
'A.chaz.ta H270 HVqp2ms you held
שְׁמֻר֣וֹת
she.mu.Rot H8109 HNcfpc (the) eyelids of
עֵינָ֑/י
'ei.Na/i H5869 HNcbdc/Sp1cs eyes/ my
נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי
nif.'Am.ti H6470 HVNp1cs I was troubled
וְ/לֹ֣א
ve./Lo' H3808 HC/Tn and/ not
אֲדַבֵּֽר
'a.da.Ber H1696 HVpi1cs I spoke
Strong's References
  • H270 — אָחַז (ʼâchaz, aw-khaz'): a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession); [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
  • H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
  • H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
  • H6470 — פָּעַם (pâʻam, paw-am'): a primitive root; to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate; move, trouble.
  • H8109 — שְׁמֻרָה (shᵉmurâh, shem-oo-raw'): feminine of passive participle of שָׁמַר (shâmar) H8104; something guarded, i.e. an eye-lid; waking.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 45:15, Job 7:4, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 102:7, Jeremiah 45:3, Daniel 6:18

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