Psalm 77

Remembering God’s Help for Israel

77For the music director, on Jeduthun.^a

Of Asaph. A psalm.^b

¹I cry out with my voice to God;

with my voice to God, that he may hear me.

²In the day I have trouble, I seek^c the Lord.

At night my hand stretches out continually;^d

my soul refuses to be comforted.

³I remember God and I groan loudly;

I meditate and my spirit grows faint. Selah

⁴You hold open my eyelids.

I am troubled and cannot speak.

⁵I think about the days from long ago,

the years of ancient times.

⁶I remember my song in the night.

With my heart I meditate,

and my spirit searches to understand.

⁷Will the Lord reject us forever,

and will he never be pleased with us again?

⁸Has his loyal love ceased forever?

Is his promise^e ended throughout generations?

⁹Has God forgotten to have compassion?

Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah

¹⁰So I said, “This pierces me—^f

the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

¹¹I will remember the deeds of Yah.^g

Surely I will remember your wonders^h from long ago.

¹²I will also muse on all your work,

and meditate on your deeds.

¹³O God, your way is distinctive.ⁱ

Who is a great god like our God?

¹⁴You are the God who works wonders;^j

you have made known your might among the peoples.

¹⁵With your arm you redeemed your people,

the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶Waters saw you, O God;

waters saw you and they trembled.

Surely the deeps shook.

¹⁷The clouds poured out water.

The skies thundered.^k

Your arrows also flew about.^l

¹⁸The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;^m

lightnings lit the world;

the earth shook and quaked.

¹⁹Your way was through the sea,

and your pathⁿ through many waters.

Yet your footprints were not discerned.^o

²⁰You led your people like a flock

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.