The Meaning of Psalms 77:6 Explained

Psalms 77:6

KJV: I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

YLT: I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently:

Darby: I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.

ASV: I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I call to remembrance  my song  in the night:  I commune  with mine own heart:  and my spirit  made diligent search. 

What does Psalms 77:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 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: Psalms 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 77:6 mean?

I call to remembrance my song in the night within my heart I meditate and makes diligent search my spirit
אֶֽזְכְּרָ֥ה נְגִינָתִ֗י בַּ֫לָּ֥יְלָה עִם־ לְבָבִ֥י אָשִׂ֑יחָה וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ רוּחִֽי

אֶֽזְכְּרָ֥ה  I  call  to  remembrance 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: זָכַר 
Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
נְגִינָתִ֗י  my  song 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נְגִינָה  
Sense: music, song, taunt song.
בַּ֫לָּ֥יְלָה  in  the  night 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.
עִם־  within 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
לְבָבִ֥י  my  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֵבָב  
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.
אָשִׂ֑יחָה  I  meditate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: שִׂיחַ  
Sense: to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing.
וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ  and  makes  diligent  search 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָפַשׂ  
Sense: to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself.
רוּחִֽי  my  spirit 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, first person common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.