Psalms 77:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 4:4 : 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. {Selah}
Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Eccl 1:16 : 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Lam 3:40 : 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
Jonah 1:2 : 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Hab 3:17-18 : 17 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Acts 16:25 : 25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
1 Cor 11:28-32 : 28 But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh, {G371} eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the {G2962} body. 30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep. 31 But if we discerned ourselves, we should not {G302} be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Job 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job 35:10 : 10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 63:6
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6When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
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1For the Chief Musician; afer the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.
2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
3I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542}
4Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
Ps 143:4-5
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4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
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7I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
Ps 17:3
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3Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 42:8
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8[ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 6:6
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6I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Jonah 2:7
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7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
Ps 77:10-12
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72%
10And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.
11I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.
12I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.
Lam 3:20-21
2 verses
72%
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
Ps 42:4
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4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Isa 26:9
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9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Ps 119:55
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55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
Ps 139:23
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23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
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71%
7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
8Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 39:3
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4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Ps 73:21
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21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
Song 3:1
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1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Job 4:13
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13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
Eccl 8:16
71%
16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
Ps 108:1-2
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2Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
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17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
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7Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
Ps 17:6
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6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
Ps 26:2
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2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
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10But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
Ps 27:8
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8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Ps 42:6
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6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Ps 143:8
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8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Eccl 7:25
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Ps 32:3
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3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
Ps 55:17
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17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
Ps 22:2
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2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Job 17:11
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11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 10:6
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6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
Ps 5:3
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3O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.
Ps 88:13
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13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
Ps 142:3
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3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.