Psalm 77

PSALM 77

Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God’s Mighty Deeds.

For the choir director; ^†according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

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

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

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

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

My soul ^drefused to be comforted.

³When I remember God, then I am ^adisturbed;

When I ^bsigh, then ^cmy spirit grows faint.

¹Selah.

⁴You have held my eyelids open;

I am so troubled that I ^acannot speak.

⁵I have considered the ^adays of old,

The years of long ago.

⁶I will remember my ^asong in the night;

I ^bwill meditate with my heart,

And my spirit ¹ponders:

⁷Will the Lord ^areject forever?

And will He ^bnever be favorable again?

⁸Has His ^alovingkindness ceased forever?

Has His ^1bpromise come to an end ²forever?

⁹Has God ^aforgotten to be gracious,

Or has He in anger ¹withdrawn 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 ¹the Lord;

Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

¹²I will ^ameditate on all Your work

And muse on Your deeds.

¹³Your way, O God, is ^aholy;

^bWhat god is great like our God?

¹⁴You are the ^aGod who works wonders;

You have ^bmade known Your strength among the peoples.

¹⁵You have by Your ¹power ^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 ¹flashed 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,

And Your footprints may not be known.

²⁰You ^aled Your people like a flock

By the hand of ^bMoses and Aaron.