Psalm 77:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² In the day of my distress I sought יהוה ; My hand was stretched out in the night And it did not cease, My being refused 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.

Psalm 77:2 Cross References

Genesis 32:28

And He said, “Your name is no longer called Yaʽ

Genesis 37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “Now let me go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” So his father wept for him.

2 Chronicles 6:28

“When there is scarcity of food in the land; when there is pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemies distress them in the land of their cities; any plague or any sickness;

Job 11:13

If you would prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward Him;

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called upon יהוה, And to my Elohim I cried; He heard my voice from His Hĕ

Psalm 50:15

“And call upon Me in the day of distress – Let Me rescue you, and you esteem Me.”

Psalm 55:17

Evening and morning and at noon I complain and moan, And He hears my voice.

Psalm 63:6

When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

Psalm 86:7

In the day of my distress I call upon You, For You answer me.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness, But who does bear a broken spirit?

Isaiah 26:16

O יהוה, in distress they shall visit You, they shall pour out a prayer when Your disciplining is upon them.

Isaiah 26:9

My being longs for You in the night, also, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly. For when Your right-rulings are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus said יהוה, “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing, bitter weeping, Raḥ

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephrayim saw his sickness, and Yehuḏ

Hosea 6:1

‘Come, and let us turn back to יהוה. For He has torn but He does heal us, He has stricken but He binds us up.

John 11:31

Therefore the Yehuḏ

Hebrews 5:7

who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent fear,