Psalm 77:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out [in prayer] without slacking up; I refuse to be comforted.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² During the day when I’m in trouble I look for my Lord. At night my hands are still outstretched and don’t grow numb; my whole being refuses to be comforted.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

Psalm 77:2 Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans and have prevailed.”

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.

2 Chronicles 6:28

“If there is famine in the land, if there is plague, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in any of the settlements of the lands; whatever suffering, whatever sickness there is;

Job 11:13

“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Psalm 55:17

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.

Psalm 63:6

when I think of you on my bed and meditate on you in the watches of the night,

Psalm 86:7

In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me.

Proverbs 18:14

The human spirit will endure sickness, but a broken spirit—who can bear?

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord, for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up.

John 11:31

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.