Psalms 77:6

77:6 I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang;

I will think very carefully.”

I tried to make sense of what was happening. ¹ 

Psalms 90:4

90:4 Yes, ²  in your eyes a thousand years

are like yesterday that quickly passes,

or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. ³ 

[77:6]  ¹ tn Heb “I will remember my song in the night, with my heart I will reflect. And my spirit searched.” As in v. 4, the words of v. 6a are understood as what the psalmist said earlier. Consequently the words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 10). The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive at the beginning of the final line is taken as sequential to the perfect “I thought” in v. 6.

[90:4]  ² tn Or “for.”

[90:4]  ³ sn The divisions of the nighttime. The ancient Israelites divided the night into distinct periods, or “watches.”