The Meaning of Psalms 77:10 Explained

Psalms 77:10

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

YLT: And I say: 'My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'

Darby: Then said I, This is my weakness: the years of the right hand of the Most High

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 77:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 77:1-10 - "doth His Promise Fail?"
There is a strong resemblance between this psalm and Habakkuk 3:1-19. It may be divided at the Selahs. The psalmist's anguish, Psalms 77:1-3. It is well to give expression to grief. Do not lock it in your breast. Even in the thick darkness reach out your hands toward God. Your finger-tips will find themselves touched by the divine response. Refuse to be comforted by Christian work, or by the diversions of society and business, or by the exercise of a strong will. Open the wound to God; He will heal it and wipe away your tears.
The contrast between past and present, Psalms 77:4-9. In the scarcity of his comfort, David was glad to live on his old stores, as are bees in winter. He specially recalled his song in the night, which is probably the equivalent of that glorying in tribulation of which the New Testament is full. Let us answer those questions of the psalmist: Will the Lord cast off? No; Romans 11:1. Will He be favorable? Yes; Lamentations 3:32. Is His mercy clean gone? No; Psalms 103:17. Doth his promise fail? No; Hebrews 6:18. Hath God forgotten to be gracious? No; Exodus 34:6. Hath He shut up his mercies? No; Lamentations 3:22-23. He is Jehovah, and changes not. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Psalms 77:10 mean?

and I said my anguish that [is] [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High
וָ֭אֹמַר חַלּ֣וֹתִי הִ֑יא שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת יְמִ֣ין עֶלְיֽוֹן

וָ֭אֹמַר  and  I  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
חַלּ֣וֹתִי  my  anguish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: חָלָה 
Sense: to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry.
הִ֑יא  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת  [But  I  will  remember]  the  years 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
יְמִ֣ין  of  the  right  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
עֶלְיֽוֹן  of  the  Most  High 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עֶלְיׄון 
Sense: high, upper.