Psalms 77:11
in Psalms 77I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
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ASV
I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.
KJV
I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
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This verse in Psalms 77
Commentary
12 notes on this verseI was mindful of the works of the Lord: which he had done for Moses, which he had done for the saints. For I will be mindful of your wonders from the beginning: and I will meditate on all your works, and I will be exercised in your devices. My whole thought is of your virtues. I consider how you had mercy on those men, and about myself I do not despair.
This site's exposition
the right hand of the Most High
on Psalms 77:10-12
What grieves him is that the Most High's right hand has changed. Against that he sets a decision, said twice, that he will remember the works of the LORD and His wonders of old. Verse 12 is the same work, reflecting and pondering.
This site's exposition
I will remember Your wonders of old
The psalmist now resolves to remember. Barnes said he looked to the works of the LORD to learn His true character and whether He could be trusted. Spurgeon added that God stands ready to show His strength for His servants now, as in the days of old.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"I have been mindful of the works of the Lord." Now behold him roaming among the works of the Lord. For he was babbling without, and being made sorrowful thereby his spirit fainted: he babbled within with his own heart, and with his spirit, and having searched out that same spirit he was mindful of the eternal years, was mindful of the mercy of the Lord, how God will not repel him for everlasting; and he began now fearlessly to rejoice in His works, fearlessly to exult in the same. Let us hear now those very works, and let us too exult. But let even us leap over in our affections, and not rejoice in things temporal. For we too have our bed. Why do we not enter therein? Why do we not abide in silence? Why do we not search out our spirit? Why do we not think on the eternal years? Why do we not rejoice in the works of God? In such sort now let us hear, and let us take delight in Himself speaking, in order that when we shall have departed hence, we may do that which we used to do while He spake; if only we are making the beginning of Him whereof he spake in, "Now I have begun." To rejoice in the works of God, is to forget even thyself, if thou canst delight in Him alone. For what is a better thing than He? Dost thou not see that, when thou returnest to thyself, thou returnest to a worse thing? "For I shall be mindful from the beginning of Thy wonderful works."
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
I will remember the works of the Lord,....
In singing this psalm we must take shame to ourselves for all our sinful distrusts of God, and of his providence and promise, and give to him the glory of his power and goodness by a thankful commemoration of what he has done for us formerly and a cheerful dependence on him for the future.
That we may have benefit by the remembrance of them we must meditate upon them, and dwell upon them in our thoughts, and must talk of them, that we may inform ourselves and others further concerning them. The due remembrance of the works of God will be a powerful antidote against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God and changes not.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will remember the works of the Lord. Fly back my soul, away from present turmoil, to the grandeurs of history, the sublime deeds of Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts; for he is the same and is ready even now to defend his servants as in days of yore. Surely I will remember thy wonders of old. Whatever else may glide into oblivion, the marvellous works of the Lord in the ancient days must not be suffered to be forgotten. Memory is a fit handmaid for faith.
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The Nineteenth Century4 voices
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3548: “The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
THIS Psalm describes the condition of a child of God under deep depression of spirit. He is much tried and bowed, and yet, at the same time, the saint at last gets the victory and, before the Psalm is over, the clouds are all removed from the sky and the heart rejoices in the sunlight of Divine Love. It is known to every Believer that the experience of a Christian is very variable. We are like our own strange weather in this land. South winds blow and all is warm and balmy, but in a few hours the north wind comes, or the cutting east wind—and soon the ground is covered with snow or hard white frost—and yet, perhaps, in another day or two there will be a storm! Some Believers have all spiritual weathers in a week. Being somewhat excitable, perhaps naturally, they readily take to themselves wings and mount aloft, but then as a high soar is often followed by a great fall, these very Believers are soon sighing and crying out of the very depths and half doubt whether they are the people of God at all! Nor must I say that is common to merely excitable people. Some of the very noblest heroes in the Christian army have had a very dark experience to go through. If you read the life of Martin Luther, of whom we may well say that never braver soldier fought beneath the banner of the Cross, you will find him the subject of the most terrible exercises. He was strong in his God, but he was very weak in himself—subject to ferocious temptations—temptations the like of which probably few of us have ever known because we are not men of his gigantic mold, and God does not allow trials to come upon us which were only suitable for him.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3548: “The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
THIS Psalm describes the condition of a child of God under deep depression of spirit. He is much tried and bowed, and yet, at the same time, the saint at last gets the victory and, before the Psalm is over, the clouds are all removed from the sky and the heart rejoices in the sunlight of Divine Love. It is known to every Believer that the experience of a Christian is very variable. We are like our own strange weather in this land.
I will remember the works of the Lord - I endeavor to recollect what thou hast done in behalf of our fathers in past times; in no case hast thou cast them off, when, with humbled hearts, they sought thy mercy.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
I will remember the works of the Lord - That is, I will call them to remembrance, or I will reflect on them. I will look to what God has “done,” that I may learn his true character, or that I may see what is the proper interpretation to be put on his doings in respect to the question whether he is righteous or not; whether it is proper to put confidence in him or not. Or, in other words, I will examine those doings to see if I cannot find in them something to calm down my feelings; to remove my despondency; and to give me cheerful views of God. Surely I will remember thy wonders of old - Thy wonderful dealings with mankind; those acts which thou hast performed which are suited to excite amazement and wonder.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And I said, “This is to terrify me” My thoughts tell me, “This is only to terrify me and frighten me into returning to Him.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶזְכּ֥וֹר | ʾezkor | I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| מַֽעַלְלֵי־ | maalei- | [the] deeds of | H4611 → | 41 times |
| יָ֑הּ | yah | Yahweh | H3050 → | 50 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֶזְכְּרָ֖ה | ʾezkerah | I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| מִקֶּ֣דֶם | mikedem | from antiquity | H6924 → | 87 times |
| פִּלְאֶֽךָ׃ | pilekha | wonder[s] your | H6382 → | 13 times |
אֶזְכּ֥וֹרI will remember
ʾezkorH2142 →230 times
מַֽעַלְלֵי־[the] deeds of
maalei-H4611 →41 times
יָ֑הּYahweh
yahH3050 →50 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֶזְכְּרָ֖הI will remember
ʾezkerahH2142 →230 times
מִקֶּ֣דֶםfrom antiquity
mikedemH6924 →87 times
פִּלְאֶֽךָ׃wonder[s] your
pilekhaH6382 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 16:12Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
it leads to
- Psalms 111:4
He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 111:4
Through
Psalms 105:5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
it leads to
- Psalms 119:13
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
- Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Luke 22:19
And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- Psalms 119:13
Through
Psalms 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
it leads to
- Psalms 77:10–12
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- Psalms 77:5–6
I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- Psalms 77:10–12
Through
Psalms 28:5Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Isaiah 5:12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms, Psalm 77; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3548: “The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jerome, Homily 10, on Psalm 76; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.