Psalms 77:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalms 77:2 —

Old words in this verse

sore: — greatly, very (as in "sore afraid").

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Genesis 37:35
And 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 26:9
With 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 26:16
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Hebrews 5:7
Who 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;

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Backsliders Blessing Enquiring of God God Importunity Prayer Seekers

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

We have here the lively portraiture of a good man under prevailing melancholy, fallen into and sinking in that horrible pit and that miry clay, but struggling to get out. Drooping saints, that are of a sorrowful spirit, may here as in a glass see their own faces. The conflict which the psalmist had with his griefs and fears seems to have been over when he penned this record of it; for he says (Ps.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. his importunacy. my sore ran ... night--literally, “my hand was spread,” or, “stretched out” (compare Psa 44:20). ceased not--literally, “grew not numb,” or, “feeble” (Ge 45:26; Psa 38:8). my soul ... comforted--(compare Ge 37:35; Jr 31:15).