Psalms 77:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.

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Referenced Verses

  • Esth 6:1 : 1 The Turning Point: The King Honors Mordecai Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king’s presence,
  • Job 2:13 : 13 Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
  • Job 6:3 : 3 But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
  • Job 7:13-15 : 13 If I say,“My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,” 14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, 15 so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

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