Psalm 77:10
New International Version
Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.

New Living Translation
And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”

English Standard Version
Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

Berean Standard Bible
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

King James Bible
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

New King James Version
And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

New American Standard Bible
Then I said, “It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

NASB 1995
Then I said, “It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

NASB 1977
Then I said, “It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then I said, “It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Amplified Bible
And I said, “This is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

Christian Standard Bible
So I say, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I say, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

American Standard Version
And I said, This is my infirmity; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

Contemporary English Version
Then I said, "God Most High, what hurts me most is that you no longer help us with your mighty arm."

English Revised Version
And I said, This is my infirmity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then I said, "It makes me feel sick that the power of the Most High is no longer the same."

Good News Translation
Then I said, "What hurts me most is this--that God is no longer powerful."

International Standard Version
So I say: "It causes me pain that the right hand of the Most High has changed."

Majority Standard Bible
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

NET Bible
Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

New Heart English Bible
And I thought, "This is my wounding, that the right hand of the Most High has changed."

Webster's Bible Translation
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

World English Bible
Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I say: “My weakness is, "" The changes of the right hand of the Most High.”

Young's Literal Translation
And I say: 'My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And saying, This has made me sick: the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said, Now have I begun: this is the change of the right hand of the most High.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I said, “Now I have begun. This change is from the right hand of the Most High.”

New American Bible
I conclude: “My sorrow is this, the right hand of the Most High has abandoned us.”

New Revised Standard Version
And I say, “It is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And I said, This is my infirmity; it is another visitation of the power of the most High.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I said, "This is my sickness and it is the narrative of the right hand of The Exalted One
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I say 'This is my weakness, That the right hand of the Most High could change.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD
9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah 10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.” 11I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.…

Cross References
Isaiah 63:7
I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

Lamentations 3:21-23
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: / Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

Psalm 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.

Psalm 42:6
O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.

Psalm 73:16-17
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight / until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

Psalm 78:11-12
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. / He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

Psalm 105:5
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

Psalm 106:7
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

Psalm 143:4-6
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me. / I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands. / I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.


Treasury of Scripture

And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

this is.

Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

the years

Psalm 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Exodus 15:6
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

Numbers 23:21,22
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them…

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Psalm 77
1. The psalmist shows what fierce combat he had with distrust
10. The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and gracious works.














So I said
This phrase introduces a personal reflection or declaration by the psalmist. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "אָמַרְתִּי" (amarti), which is a form of the verb "to say." This indicates a moment of introspection or a turning point in the psalmist's thought process. The psalmist is engaging in a dialogue with himself, which is a common feature in the Psalms, reflecting a deep, personal wrestling with faith and doubt.

I am grieved
The Hebrew word for "grieved" here is "חָלָה" (chalah), which can also mean to be weak, sick, or afflicted. This word choice conveys a profound sense of emotional and spiritual turmoil. The psalmist is expressing a deep sorrow or distress, which is not just a fleeting feeling but a significant, burdensome state. This reflects the human condition of grappling with suffering and the feeling of being overwhelmed by life's challenges.

that the right hand of the Most High has changed
The "right hand" is a biblical metaphor for power and authority. In Hebrew, "יְמִין" (yamin) is often used to denote strength and the execution of divine will. The "Most High," or "עֶלְיוֹן" (Elyon), is a title for God that emphasizes His supreme sovereignty and majesty. The psalmist is lamenting a perceived change in God's dealings with him, suggesting a feeling of abandonment or a shift in divine favor. Historically, this reflects the Israelites' experiences of exile and suffering, where they felt distanced from God's protective power. This phrase captures the tension between faith in God's unchanging nature and the reality of life's unpredictable hardships. It invites believers to trust in God's ultimate plan, even when His ways seem inscrutable.

(10) And I said . . .--The word rendered "infirmity" may, by derivation, mean "wounding" or "piercing." So Symmachus, "my wound;" Aquila, "my sickness." Gesenius says, "that which makes my sickness." If we keep this meaning we must understand mental sickness or "madness," and understand the poet to say that to indulge in despairing cries is mere madness (comp. King Lear's, "Oh! that way madness lies"), he will recall God's ancient deliverances, and so re-establish his faith. But it seems more natural to take a sense which the cognate verb very commonly bears (Leviticus 19:8; Ezekiel 36:22; Psalm 74:7; Psalm 89:39), and render, "I said this (such despair) is on my part profanation, profanation of the years of the right hand of the Most High." To despair of continued help from One who had been so gracious in the past is a kind of blasphemy. The word "profanation" must be understood as repeated for the sake of the grammar.

Verse 10. - And I said, This is my infirmity; i.e. "the fault is not in God, but in myself" - in my own weakness and want of faith. But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. There is no "I will remember" in the original, which expresses the thought of the writer imperfectly; but some such phrase must of necessity be supplied. The words are retained in the Revised Version and by Professor Cheyne. The remembrance of God's mercies during the many years that are past is that which best sustains us in a time of severe trouble.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So I said,
וָ֭אֹמַר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I am grieved
חַלּ֣וֹתִי (ḥal·lō·w·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick

that the right hand
יְמִ֣ין (yə·mîn)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

of the Most High
עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ (‘el·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

has changed.”
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are


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