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In the dayבְּיוֹםof my distressצָרָתִיI soughtדָּרָשְׁתִּיAdonai;אֲדֹנָיmy handיָדִיby nightלַיְלָהwas stretched outנִגְּרָהand did notוְלֹאgrow numb;תָפוּגmy soulנַפְשִׁיrefusedמֵאֲנָהto be comforted.הִנָּחֵם
Psalms 77:2
Study it in the app“In the day of my distress I sought Adonai; my hand by night was stretched out and did not grow numb; my soul refused to be comforted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 77:2, word by word
- In the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of my distressצָרָתִtsarati
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsarati” appears- I soughtדָּרָשְׁתִּיdarashti
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “darashti” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- by nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- was stretched outנִגְּרָהnigra
stretch out
To stretch the hand out toward something, without tiring.
Where else “nigra” appears- grow numbתָפוּגtafug
grow numb
Grow numb, lose strength.
Where else “tafug” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- refusedמֵאֲנָהmeana
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meana” appears- to be comfortedהִנָּחֵםhinachem
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “hinachem” appears
The context
1For the director. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm. My voice goes to Elohim, and I cry out; my voice to Elohim, and he gives ear to me.
2 · This verse (above)
3I remember Elohim and moan; I complain, and my spirit grows faint. Selah.