Psalm 77:3

3 I remember God and I moan. I complain, and my spirit grows tired. Selah

Psalm 77:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 77:3

I remembered God, and was troubled
Either the mercy, grace, and goodness of God, as Jarchi; how ungrateful he had been to him, how sadly he had requited him, how unthankful and unholy he was, notwithstanding so much kindness; and when he called this to mind it troubled him; or when he remembered the grace and goodness of God to him in time past, and how it was with him now, that it was not with him as then; this gave him uneasiness, and set him a praying and crying, that it might be with him as heretofore, ( Job 29:2-4 ) , or rather he remembered the greatness and majesty of God, his power and his justice, his purity and holiness, and himself as a worm, a poor weak creature, sinful dust and ashes, not able to stand before him; he considered him not as his father and friend, but as an angry Judge, incensed against him, and demanding satisfaction of him:

I complained;
of sin and sorrow, of affliction and distress: or "I prayed", or "meditated" ^F12; he thought on his case, and prayed over it, and poured out his complaint unto God, yet found no relief:

and my spirit was overwhelmed;
covered with grief and sorrow, pressed down with affliction, ready to sink and faint under it:

Selah: (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (hxyva) "meditabor", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus; "meditabor", Musculus, Piscator, Cocceius.

Psalm 77:3 In-Context

1 I cry out loud to God— out loud to God so that he can hear me!

2 During the day when I'm in trouble I look for my Lord. At night my hands are still outstretched and don't grow numb; my whole being refuses to be comforted.

3 I remember God and I moan. I complain, and my spirit grows tired. Selah

4 You've kept my eyelids from closing. I'm so upset I can't even speak.

5 I think about days long past; I remember years that seem an eternity in the past.