Psalms

Psalm 77:7–11

⁷“Will the Lord spurn us forever

and never show His favor again?

⁸Is His loving devotion gone forever?

Has His promise failed for all time?

⁹Has God forgotten to be gracious?

Has His anger shut off His compassion?”

Selah

¹⁰So I said, “I am grieved

that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”^a

¹¹I will remember the works of the LORD;

yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.

Footnotes

a 77:10 Or “To this I will appeal: to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Will the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֑י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
spurn	יִזְנַ֥ח׀	yiz·naḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2186 reject, spurn
forever	הַֽ֭לְעוֹלָמִים	hal·‘ō·w·lā·mîm	Article, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
and never	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
show His favor again	לִרְצ֣וֹת	lir·ṣō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7521 be pleased with, accept favourably

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Is His loving devotion	חַסְדּ֑וֹ	ḥas·dōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
gone	הֶאָפֵ֣ס	he·’ā·p̄ês	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H656 cease, fail, come to an end
forever	לָנֶ֣צַח	lā·ne·ṣaḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
Has His promise	אֹ֝֗מֶר	’ō·mer	Noun - masculine singular	H562 utterance, speech, word
failed	גָּ֥מַר	gā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1584 end, come to an end, complete
for all time	לְדֹ֣ר	lə·ḏōr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Has God	אֵ֑ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
forgotten	הֲשָׁכַ֣ח	hă·šā·ḵaḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7911 forget
to be gracious	חַנּ֣וֹת	ḥan·nō·wṯ	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H2603 shew favour, be gracious
Has His anger	בְּ֝אַ֗ף	bə·’ap̄	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
shut off	קָפַ֥ץ	qā·p̄aṣ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7092 draw together, shut
His compassion	רַחֲמָ֥יו	ra·ḥă·māw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H7356 womb
Selah	סֶֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So I said	וָ֭אֹמַר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
I am grieved	חַלּ֣וֹתִי	ḥal·lō·w·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H2470 be weak, sick
that the right hand	יְמִ֣ין	yə·mîn	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3225 right hand
of the Most High	עֶלְיֽוֹן׃	‘el·yō·wn	Adjective - masculine singular	H5945 high
has changed	הִ֑יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will remember	אַזְכִּיר	ʾaz·kīr	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2142 remember
the works	מַֽעַלְלֵי־	ma·‘al·lê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4611 deed, practice
of the LORD	יָ֑הּ	yāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3050 Jah
yes	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I will remember	אֶזְכְּרָ֖ה	’ez·kə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H2142 remember
Your wonders	פִּלְאֶֽךָ׃	pil·’e·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6382 wonder
of old	מִקֶּ֣דֶם	miq·qe·ḏem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H6924 front, east, aforetime