King James Version

Psalms 77:10

And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 77:11.

וָ֭אֹמַרvaomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…חַלּ֣וֹתִיchalotibe grievedחָלָהverb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “be grieved”, the to-form of the verbH2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreatbeseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) we…הִ֑יאhias for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.שְׁ֝נ֗וֹתshenotyearשָׁנֶהverb, qal, infinitive construct — “year”, the to-form of the verbH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).יְמִ֣יןyeminrightיָמִיןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “right”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.עֶלְיֽוֹןelyonhighעֶלְיוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “high”, the ordinary formH5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(77-11) And I say: 'This is my weakness, that the right hand of the Most High could change.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I said, This is my infirmity; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I say: 'My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'

World English Bible

Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

Darby Translation

Then said I, This is my weakness: — the years of the right hand of the Most High

Douay-Rheims

They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(77-11) And I say: 'This is my weakness, that the right hand of the Most High could change.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπα, νῦν ἠρξάμην, αὕτη ἡ ἀλλοίωσις τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ ὑψίστου.