Psalms 77:9
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
KJV
Filii Ephrem, intendentes et mittentes arcum, conversi sunt in die belli.
Vulgate
υἱοὶ Ἐφράιμ ἐντείνοντες καὶ βάλλοντες τόξον ἐστράφησαν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου·
LXX
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? [Selah
ASV
הֶ/אָפֵ֣ס לָ/נֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑/וֹ גָּ֥מַר אֹ֝֗מֶר לְ/דֹ֣ר וָ/דֹֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָפֵ֖ס
'ps
verb · 5×
אֹ֑מֶר
'mr
noun · 6×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יִגְמָר
ygmr
verb · 5×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
נֶ֑צַח
ntsch
noun · 43×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 18.—Of Those Who Fancy That, on Account of the Saints’ Intercession, Man Shall Be Damned in the Last Judgment. There are others, again, with whose opinions I have become acquainted in conversation, who, though they seem to reverence the holy Scriptures, are yet of reprehensible life, and who accordingly, in their own interest, attribute to God a still greater compassion…
Chapter 24.—Against Those Who Fancy that in the Judgment of God All the Accused Will Be Spared in Virtue of the Prayers of the Saints. And this reasoning is equally conclusive against those who, in their own interest, but under the guise of a greater tenderness of spirit, attempt to invalidate the words of God, and who assert that these words are true, not because men shall suf…
Cross-references
- Isa 49:14 — But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
- Ps 40:11 — Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
- Ps 51:1 — Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.