The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 77:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I remembered God, and was troubled. The tenses used are present rather than past; they mark continuance; they describe the condition in which the writer remained for days or weeks. He thought of God, but the thought troubled him.

It was God who had brought the calamity, whatever it was, upon his people. Seemingly, he had "cast them off"—he had "forgotten to be gracious" (see Psalms 77:7-9). I complained; rather, I muse or meditate (Hengstenberg, Kay, Cheyne).

And my spirit was overwhelmed; or, waxeth faint, as in the Prayer book Version.

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