Psalm 77

PSALM 77

In My Distress I Sought the Lord

For the choir director. According to ^†Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

¹My voice rises to God, and I must ^acry aloud;

My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

²In the ^aday of my distress I sought the Lord;

^bIn the night my ^chand was stretched out ¹without weariness;

My soul ^drefused to be comforted.

³I remember God and I am ^adisturbed;

I ^bmuse and ^cmy spirit faints. ¹Selah.

⁴You have held my eyelids open;

I am so troubled that I ^acannot speak.

⁵I give thought to the ^adays of old,

The years of long ago.

⁶I remember my ^amusic in the night;

I ^bam musing with my heart,

And my spirit is searching:

⁷Will the Lord ^areject evermore?

And will He ^bnot be favorable again?

⁸Has His ^alovingkindness ceased forever?

Has His ^1bword ended ²from generation to generation?

⁹Has God ^aforgotten to be gracious,

Or has He in anger shut up His ^bcompassion? Selah.

¹⁰Then I said, “^aIt is my ¹grief,

That the ^bright hand of the Most High has changed.”

¹¹I shall remember the ^adeeds of Yah;

Surely I will ^bremember Your wonders of old.

¹²I will ^ameditate on all Your work

And muse on Your deeds.

¹³O God, Your way is ^aholy;

^bWhat god is great like God?

¹⁴You are the ^aGod who works wonders;

You have ^bmade known Your strength among the peoples.

¹⁵You have by Your arm ^aredeemed Your people,

The sons of Jacob and ^bJoseph. Selah.

¹⁶The ^awaters saw You, O God;

The waters saw You, they were in anguish;

The deeps also trembled.

¹⁷The ^aclouds poured out water;

The skies ^bgave forth a sound;

Your ^carrows went here and there.

¹⁸The ^asound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;

The ^blightnings lit up the world;

The ^cearth trembled and shook.

¹⁹Your ^away was in the sea

And Your paths in the mighty waters,

But Your footprints were not known.

²⁰You ^aled Your people like a flock

By the hand of ^bMoses and Aaron.