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Psalm 77:3–4

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3I rememberede you, God, and I groaned;f

I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.bg

4You kept my eyes from closing;

I was too troubled to speak.h

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Footnotes

  1. bThe Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.

Cross references

  1. ePs 78:35
  2. fEx 2:23; See Ps 6:6; Jer 45:3
  3. gSee Ps 6:2
  4. hSee Ps 39:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When I remember God, I moan;

when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

You hold my eyelids open;

I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I think of God; I groan;

I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.

Selah

You have kept me from closing my eyes;

I am troubled and cannot speak.

NLTNew Living Translation

I think of God, and I moan,

overwhelmed with longing for his help.

Interlude

You don’t let me sleep.

I am too distressed even to pray!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I remember God and I groan loudly;

I meditate and my spirit grows faint. Selah

You hold open my eyelids.

I am troubled and cannot speak.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.