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Psa 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

In the		Psa 18:6; Psa 50:15; Psa 88:1-3; Psa 102:1,2; Psa 130:1,2; Gen 32:7-12,28; 2Ki 19:3,4,15-20; Isa 26:9,16; Jon 2:1,2; 2Cr 12:7,8; Hbr 5:7
my		Psa 6:2,3; Psa 38:3-8; 2Ch 6:28; Isa 1:5,6; Hsa 5:13; Hsa 6:1
sore		Heb. hand
my soul		Gen 37:35; Est 4:1-4; Pro 18:14; Jer 31:15; Jhn 11:31

Correlating Passages

In the

	Psa 18:6	In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
	Psa 50:15	And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
	Psa 88:1	[[A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
	Psa 88:2	Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
	Psa 88:3	For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
	Psa 102:1	[[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.]] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
	Psa 102:2	Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.
	Psa 130:1	[[A Song of degrees.]] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
	Psa 130:2	Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
	Gen 32:7	Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
	Gen 32:8	And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
	Gen 32:9	And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
	Gen 32:10	I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
	Gen 32:11	Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
	Gen 32:12	And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
	Gen 32:28	And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
	2Ki 19:3	And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
	2Ki 19:4	It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that are left.
	2Ki 19:15	And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
	2Ki 19:16	LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
	2Ki 19:17	Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
	2Ki 19:18	And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
	2Ki 19:19	Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
	2Ki 19:20	Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [That] which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
	Isa 26:9	With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
	Isa 26:16	LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.
	Jon 2:1	Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
	Jon 2:2	And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.
	2Cr 12:7	And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
	2Cr 12:8	For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
	Hbr 5:7	Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

	Psa 6:2	Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
	Psa 6:3	My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
	Psa 38:3	[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
	Psa 38:4	For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
	Psa 38:5	My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
	Psa 38:6	I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
	Psa 38:7	For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
	Psa 38:8	I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
	2Ch 6:28	If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:
	Isa 1:5	Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
	Isa 1:6	From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
	Hsa 5:13	When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
	Hsa 6:1	Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

my soul

	Gen 37:35	And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
	Est 4:1	When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
	Est 4:2	And came even before the king's gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
	Est 4:3	And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
	Est 4:4	So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received [it] not.
	Pro 18:14	The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
	Jer 31:15	Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.
	Jhn 11:31	The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 77:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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