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Psalms 77:5

I considered the days of old,

The years of ages past, (saying),

"Not pathetic only but profound also and of the most solid substance was that reply made by an old Carthusian monk to the trifler who asked him how he had managed to get through his life: Cogitavi dies antiquos, et annos aeternos in mente habui."

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See also Psalms 77:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 77:5. _I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS OF OLD_] חשבתי _chishshabti, I_ _have counted up_; I have reckoned up the various dispensations of thy mercy in behalf of the distressed, marked down in...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS OF OLD - Rather, “I do consider;” that is, “I think upon.” This refers to his resolution in his perplexity and trouble; the method to which he resorted in examining the subj...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 77 The Distressed Saint and His Comfort _ 1. The distress (Psalms 77:1)_ 2. The comfort (Psalms 77:11) This Psalm shows the distress of the saint in deepest exercise of soul. He earnestly s...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXXVII. ISRAEL'S PRESENT DISTRESS AND PAST GLORY. Psalms 77:1. The present distress. PSALMS 77:1. WITH MY VOICE: _i.e._ with a loud voice. PSALMS 77:4. Past glory....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 77 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Comfort in Distress Obtained by the Study of a Song, ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 77:1-3, Introductoryshewing, by quotation of Language and Statement of Fact, that the Psa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -His sleepless nights, and his inability to speak, are attributed to the remembrance of the sad contrast which God's present des...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK 3 There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah. The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of Psalms...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PSALMS 77 John sent people to ask Jesus, "Are you the One that will come, or must we look for someone else?" Jesus answered and said to them...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 77:6]_ חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּי יָמִ֣ים מִ קֶּ֑דֶם שְׁ֝נֹ֗ות...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 77:1 THE occasion of the profound sadness of the first part of this psalm may be inferred from the thoughts which brighten it into hope in the second. These were the memories of past national d...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “DOTH HIS PROMISE FAIL?” Psalms 77:1 There is a strong resemblance between this psalm and Habakkuk 3:1. It may be divided at the Selahs. _The psalmist's anguish_, Psalms 77:1. It is well to give expr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a song of the healing of sorrow. It opens with the declaration of determination to cry to God, and then proceeds to explain the reason of this determination. Verse Psa 77:10 is the pivot on wh...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Testimony. The tabernacle, (Eusebius) or the law which notifies his will. (Calmet) (Menochius) --- He also thrice required the Israelites to perpetuate the memory of what he had done for them, by inst...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jesus spent whole nights, we are told, in prayer to God. No doubt the love of God to Israel, through all the eventful pilgrimage of his church's warfare, occupied his holy mind. It is blessed, in our...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._I have recounted the days of old. _There is no doubt that he endeavored to assuage his grief by the remembrance of his former joy; but he informs us that relief was not so easily nor so speedily ob...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 77 we have spiritual deliverance and restored confidence. He cried with his voice to God, and God gave ear to him. To cry with the voice is more than to have a wish. A cry is the expression...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS OF OLD,.... Either the former part of his life, the various occurrences of it, how it had been with him in time past, what experience he had had of the divine goodness; so t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times._ Ver. 5. _I have considered the days of old_] What thou didst for Adam, Abraham, Israel, in Egypt, &c., all which was written purposely...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I have considered the days of old_ The mighty works of God, wrought for his people in former times, if by that means I could get any comfort. _I call to remembrance my song in the night_ The many and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TRIBULATION AND COMFORT OF THE RIGHTEOUS. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, at that time in charge of the Temple music, a psalm of Asaph, the psalm picturing the relief experienced by believers...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I have considered the days of old, of ages long past, THE YEARS OF ANCIENT TIMES, when the manifestations of God's power and mercy were so numerous....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him. In the day of his trouble the psalmist did not seek for the diversion of busi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I HAVE CONSIDERED, if by that means I could get any comfort, the days of old, i.e. the mighty works of God done for his people in former times. DAYS are put for events done in them, as Psalms 37:13, P...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 77:5 considered H2803 (H8765) days H3117 old H6924 years H8141 times H5769 Psa

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 77:1. _I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me._ The writer was in very deep trouble. The trouble forced from him a loud and bitter cry. His heart...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This «Psalm of Asaph» has a mournful tone in it; at times the writer is in the deeps; but we may be quite sure that be will end the Psalm cheerfully because he begins it with prayer. No matter what so...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The Book of Psalms, though it is divinely inspired, is also marvelously human; it is everywhere instinct with life, and life in its most, sympathetic forms. However glad you are, there is always a Psa...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This Psalm is headed «To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun,» He was one of the great singers; there is opportunity given in the Psalms for each of the sinners to take his turn.; it does not do for any o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaints followed by encouragement by remembrance of God's former mighty deliverances. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: The thoughts of unbelief can always be argued down if...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Title. _To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph._ There is an uncertainty, whether Jeduthun were a master of music, or whether the name designate an instrument, or some air or term of mus...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He gave ear unto me._ THE FACULTY OF HUMAN THOUGHT The whole psalm may be used to illustrate the faculty of human thought. Throughou...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times._ LESSONS DRAWN FROM SCRIPTURE HISTORY From the history of the Bible we may learn much concerning-- I. The character of God. 1. His w...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 77:4 The agonizing question that keeps the singer awake at night (vv. Psalms 77:4) is whether God will SPURN his people fo

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 77:1. This is a community lament. By referring to God’s “anger” (v. Psalms 77:9) the psalm acknowledges that the reason for the trouble may be

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—“To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph_.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of sacred music in David’s time (1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 5:12). One of t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is the lament and expostulation with God of some afflicted person, perhaps Asaph, who speaks as the mouthpiece of his countrymen, complaining of Israel's apparent desertion by Go...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me (Psalms 77:1). Now notice in the seventy-seventh psalm how the first part of it is centered around I. You might fi...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 32:7; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 63:9; Micah 7:14; Micah 7:15;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The days — The mighty works of God in former times....

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