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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 77 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. Jeduthun was the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was inscribed and sent; see 1 Chronicles 25:1, though Aben Ezra takes it to be the first word of some song, to the tune of which this was sung; and the Midrash interprets it of the subject of the psalm, which is followed by Jarchi, who explains it thus,...
John Gill
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord,.... Not the creature, for help, and creature amusements to drive away trouble, but the Lord, in private, by prayer and supplication; a time of trouble is a time for prayer, James 5:13, all men have their trouble, but the people of God more especially; and there are some particular times in which they have more than usual, and then it may be said to be...
Matthew Henry
This psalm, according to the method of many other psalms, begins with sorrowful complaints but ends with comfortable encouragements. The complaints seem to be of personal grievances, but the encouragements relate to the public concerns of the church, so that it is not certain whether it was penned upon a personal or a public account. If they were private troubles that he was groaning under, it...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: This is the best place to go in the day of your trouble. Psa_77:2. My sore ran in the night, A better rendering would be, My hand was stretched out in the night.” The psalmist continued to pray. Psa_77:2. And ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Rightly so, if the comfort came from man, if the comfort were doubtful and ineffectual; wrongly so,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: That was a very wise thing to do; where else should he go, in the day of trouble, but to him who sent the trouble, to him who could help him to bear the trouble, to him who could sanctify the trouble, to him who could, if he pleased, remove the trouble? “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.” I have heard of some who fly to strong drink to drown...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: ‘Yet he says that he sought God. It is a grand thing when your faith leads you to seek God, even though he troubles you. It is better to knock at God’s door when he is angry than to go to any other door. Even if he shuts the door in your face, still wait upon him. Though he may seem not...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. He could not sleep, so he took to prayer. Which is the greater mercy, —prayer or sleep, — I cannot say. In the psalmist’s case, I should suppose that prayer just then was better than sleep. His trouble so pressed upon him, that it gave him no respite whatever, so all through the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. He would not take the common comfort which friendly words would have yielded him: his case was so desperate that he must have divine comfort, and nothing else. I will not be comforted till Jesus comfort me, and this is a very good and holy resolution. I wish that some who snatch...