Parallel Verses
Youngs 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.
New American Standard Bible
My soul
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.
Holman Bible
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.
International Standard Version
When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.
A Conservative Version
In the day of my trouble I sought LORD. My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not. My soul refused to be comforted.
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.
Amplified
In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was
My soul refused to be comforted.
Bible in Basic English
In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
In the day of my straits I sought Jehovah: my hand was stretched out at night, and it will not be slack: my soul refused to be comforted.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.
Modern King James verseion
In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah; my hand was poured in the night, and ceased not; my soul refused to be comforted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In the time of my trouble I sought the LORD, I held up mine hands to him in the night season, for my soul refused all other comfort.
NET Bible
In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
New Heart English Bible
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
The Emphasized Bible
In the day of my distress - unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled;
Webster
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.
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.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 77:2
Prayers for Psalm 77:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In A Time Of Crisis
1 To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of Asaph. My voice is to God, and I cry, my voice is to God, And He hath given ear unto me. 2 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. 3 I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 37:35
and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.
Psalm 50:15
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Isaiah 26:9
With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
Isaiah 26:16
O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement is on them.
Genesis 32:7-12
and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who are with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,
Genesis 32:28
And he saith, 'Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'
2 Kings 19:3-4
and they say unto him, 'Thus said Hezekiah -- A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising is this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bring forth.
2 Kings 19:15-20
And Hezekiah prayeth before Jehovah, and saith, 'O Jehovah, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou art God Himself -- Thyself alone -- to all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.
2 Chronicles 6:28
Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness;
Esther 4:1-4
And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter,
Job 11:13
If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
Psalm 6:2-3
Favour me, O Jehovah, for I am weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,
Psalm 18:6
In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.
Psalm 38:3-8
Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 63:6
If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.
Psalm 86:7
In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me.
Psalm 88:1-3
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
Psalm 102:1-2
A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
Psalm 130:1-2
A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
Isaiah 1:5-6
Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart is sick.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.
Hosea 5:13
And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.
Hosea 6:1
'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
Jonah 2:1-2
And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
John 11:31
the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- 'She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'
2 Corinthians 12:7-8
and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.
Hebrews 5:7
who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,