Parallel Verses
World English Bible
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
New American Standard Bible
I am so troubled that I
King James Version
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Holman Bible
I am troubled and cannot speak.
International Standard Version
You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.
A Conservative Version
Thou have held my eyelids watching. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
American Standard Version
Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Amplified
You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Bible in Basic English
You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.
Darby Translation
Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak.
King James 2000
You hold my eyes from closing: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You hold [open] my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak.
Modern King James verseion
You keep my eyes awake; I am troubled and I cannot speak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou heldest mine eyes waking, I was so feeble, that I could not speak.
NET Bible
You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
New Heart English Bible
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;
Webster
Thou holdest my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 77:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In A Time Of Crisis
3 I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah. 4 You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Names
Cross References
Esther 6:1
On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
Job 2:13
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.
Job 7:13-15
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.