Parallel Verses
Amplified
You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
New American Standard Bible
I am so troubled that I
King James Version
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Holman Bible
I am troubled and cannot speak.
International Standard Version
You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.
A Conservative Version
Thou have held my eyelids watching. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
American Standard Version
Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Bible in Basic English
You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.
Darby Translation
Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak.
King James 2000
You hold my eyes from closing: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You hold [open] my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak.
Modern King James verseion
You keep my eyes awake; I am troubled and I cannot speak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou heldest mine eyes waking, I was so feeble, that I could not speak.
NET Bible
You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
New Heart English Bible
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;
Webster
Thou holdest my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
World English Bible
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 77:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In A Time Of Crisis
3
I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;
I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
I have considered the ancient days,
The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.
Names
Cross References
Esther 6:1
On that night
Job 2:13
So they sat down on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Job 6:3
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
Therefore my words have been incoherent,
Job 7:13-15
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I soak my bed with tears,
I drench my couch with my weeping.