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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
Thou holdest mine eyes waking,.... Or, "the watches", or rather "keepers of the eyes" (m); the eyebrows, which protect the eyes; these were held, so that he could not shut them, and get any sleep; so R. Moses Haccohen interprets the words, as Jarchi observes; and so the Targum, "thou holdest the brows of my eyes;'' a person in trouble, when he can get some sleep, it interrupts his sorrow, weakens...
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
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Yet he was speaking; but it did not seem to him like speaking. It was rather an inarticulate wail than the language of a man.
Charles H. Spurgeon
I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. What God did with others of his people in their times of trouble, how he rescued them, the splendor of his power in the ages long since gone, —these are among the things which the psalmist considered. It is well...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. You thought that the psalmist was going to say, “I cannot sleep.” He has given up the attempt to do that, so now he tries to talk; but utterance fails him. Shallow brooks sound as they flow, but deep griefs are still; and a man may be so troubled in heart that he cannot speak; he can only explain his sorrow by groaning and tears.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Selah. Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. Turned through the experience of thy people written in thy Word to see if ever thou didst forsake one of them.