Psalm 77:6 {76:7}
Good News Translation
I spend the night in deep thought; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

New Revised Standard Version
I commune with my heart in the night; I meditate and search my spirit:

Contemporary English Version
Each night my mind is flooded with questions:

New American Bible
I remember. At night I ponder in my heart; and as I meditate, my spirit probes:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.

my song

Psalm 42:8 In the daytime the Lord hath commanded his mercy; and a canticle to him in the night. With me is prayer to the God of my life.

Job 35:10 And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

Habakkuk 3:17,18 For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. . . .

Jonah 1:2 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Acts 16:25 And at midnight, Paul and Silas, praying, praised God. And they that were in prison heard them.

commune

Psalm 4:4 Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

and

Psalm 139:23,24 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. . . .

Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?

Lamentations 3:40 Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:28-32 But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice. . . .

Context
In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD
5I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal years. 6And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.7Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more favourable again?…
Cross References
Job 35:10
And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

Psalm 4:4
Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Psalm 16:7
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.

Psalm 42:8
In the daytime the Lord hath commanded his mercy; and a canticle to him in the night. With me is prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 77:5
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