Psalms 77:2

“In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord, etc.] Not the creature, for help, and creature amusements to drive away trouble, but the Lord, in private, by prayer and supplication; a time of trouble is a time for prayer, (<590513>James 5:13), all men have their trouble, but the people of God more especially; and there are some particular times in which they have more than usual, and then it may be said to be “a day of trouble” with them; which sometimes arises from themselves, the strength of their corruptions, the weakness of their graces, their backwardness to duties, or poor performance of them; sometimes from others, from the profaneness or persecutions of the men of the world, from the…”

“In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord - Compare the notes at Psalms 50:15. This trouble may have been either mental or bodily; that is, it may have arisen from some form of disease, or it may have been that which sprang from difficulties in regard to the divine character, government, and dealings. That it “assumed” the latter form, even if it had its beginning in the former, is apparent from the following verses. Whether it was connected with any form of bodily disease must be determined by the proper interpretation of the next clause in this verse. My sore ran in the night - Margin, “My hand.” It is evident that our translators sup. posed that there was some bodily disease - some…”

“Night - Which to others was a time of rest and quietness. Psalms 77:3”

“In the: Psa 18:6, Psa 50:15, Psa 88:1-3, Psa 102:1, Psa 102:2, Psa 130:1, Psa 130:2; Gen 32:7-12, Gen 32:28; Kg2 19:3, Kg2 19:4, Kg2 19:15-20; Isa 26:9, Isa 26:16; Jon 2:1, Jon 2:2; Co2 12:7, Co2 12:8; Heb 5:7 my: Psa 6:2, Psa 6:3, Psa 38:3-8; Ch2 6:28; Isa 1:5, Isa 1:6; Hos 5:13, Hos 6:1 sore: Heb. hand my soul: Gen 37:35; Est 4:1-4; Pro 18:14; Jer 31:15; Joh 11:31 Psalms 77:3”