KJV King James Version
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
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Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
WEB World English Bible
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
ASV American Standard Version
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.
Surrounding context — Psalm 77
1 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בְּי֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayצָרָתִי֮H6869 · bats.tsa.rahdearthאֲדֹנָ֪יH136 · a.do.naiLordדָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּיH1875 · da.rashto seekיָדִ֤י׀H3027 · yadhandלַ֣יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightנִ֭גְּרָהH5064 · na.garto pourוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתָפ֑וּגH6313 · pugbe numbמֵאֲנָ֖הH3985 · ma.ento refuseהִנָּחֵ֣םH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortנַפְשִֽׁי׃H5315 · ne.pheshsoul
Cross-references
Psalm 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.Isaiah 26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Jonah 2:1-2Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,Esther 4:1-4When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.Psalm 102:1-2A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.2 Kings 19:3-4And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.Psalm 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.Genesis 32:7-12Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;Psalm 130:1-2A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.Psalm 38:3-8[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.2 Kings 19:15-20And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.Psalm 6:2-3Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.Psalm 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
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