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Psalm 77:6

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

4You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.
5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
7“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
8Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?
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Notice

A remembered song leads into searching questions, and the surrounding sleeplessness makes this remembrance feel more troubled than comforting.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.Both passages connect song with nighttime, though the psalm remembers a song while Paul and Silas sing in prison.
Psalm 16:7I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.Both describe the heart at work in the night; Psalm 16 speaks of instruction, while Psalm 77 describes searching.
Psalm 42:8The LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.Both speak of a song in the night, with Psalm 42 naming that song as prayer to God.
Psalm 4:4Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.Both turn attention toward the heart, though Psalm 4 urges stillness and Psalm 77 describes an inquiring spirit.
Psalm 139:23–24Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.Both concern searching the inner life, though Psalm 77 describes personal inquiry and Psalm 139 asks God to search.
Lamentations 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.Both speak of inward examination; Lamentations adds a call to examine conduct and turn again to the Lord.
Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,Both mention songs in the night; Job's passage names God as their giver, while Psalm 77 recalls a personal song.
Ecclesiastes 1:16I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom …Both describe inward reflection involving the heart, though Ecclesiastes considers wisdom and knowledge while Psalm 77 remembers a song.
Job 10:2I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.Both portray a search for understanding amid trouble; Job directs his request for an explanation to God.
Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”The connection is slight: Psalm 77 describes inward questioning, while Jonah receives God's command to preach against Nineveh's wickedness.
Habakkuk 3:17–18For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from …Both passages describe distress, though Psalm 77 voices inward searching and Habakkuk names the loss of food and flocks.
1 Corinthians 11:28–32But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.Both involve self-examination, though Paul gives it a specific setting in eating the bread and drinking the cup.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. doubt. anxiety or panic.

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Something small to carry out of this verse

Write God one question raised by a remembered song

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Encouragement

Remembering a song may leave your questions unresolved. Scripture records this troubled search of the heart without requiring a quick return to singing.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).