King James Version
Psalms 77:9 in the King James Version says “Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 77 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.”
Psalms 77:9 · KJV
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore ? for evermore: Heb. to generation and generation?
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“forgotten”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
“Hath God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“shut up”
H7092to draw together, i.e., close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
“hath he in anger”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
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