What Does Psalm 77:11 Mean?
I remember the deeds of the LORD; surely I remember your wonders of old.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.THE KEY
The wonders are “of old,” yet remembering makes them present to you now.
THE MEANING
You remember the LORD’s works now, and the wonders “of old” remain present to your attention. The verse holds past and present together in one act: what happened before still shapes what you can see now.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The past is gone, so it has nothing to say to the present.
THE ROOT
זָכַרְתִּי
zāḵartî
GROWS FROM
זכר
z-k-r
To remember, recall, or call to mind.
“remember” in this verse is zāḵartî. The Hebrew repeats this root, making remembrance the central action of the verse. The wonders are described as old, but recalling them keeps them in view now.
ALSO GROWS
zēḵer: Remembrance; memorial.
זֵכֶר
This related noun shows the same root can name remembrance itself, echoing the verse’s repeated act of remembering.
zikkārôn: Memorial; remembrance.
זִכָּרוֹן
This branch names a memorial that brings something to mind, illuminating how the verse keeps past wonders present in attention.
THE PATTERN
Remembering keeps what has been done available as a source of meaning in the present.
Do not fear them, but remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.Remember the wonders he did, his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.THE THREAD
Remember the wonders he did, his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.Both verses use זכר (z-k-r, remember) beside the LORD’s wonders. Psalm 105:5 makes the connection explicit: remembering keeps the works themselves in view.
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