Psalm 77

Psalm 77

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.

¹I cried out to God for help.

I cried out to God to hear me.

²When I was in trouble, I looked to the Lord.

During the night I lifted up my hands in prayer.

But I refused to be comforted.

³God, I remembered you, and I groaned.

I thought about you, and I became weak. Selah

⁴You kept me from going to sleep.

I was so troubled I couldn’t speak.

⁵I thought about days gone by.

I thought about the years of long ago.

⁶I remembered how I used to sing praise to you in the night.

I thought about it, and here is what I asked myself.

⁷“Will the Lord turn away from us forever?

Won’t he ever show us his kindness again?

⁸Has his faithful love disappeared forever?

Has his promise failed for all time?

⁹Has God forgotten to show us his favor?

Has he held back his tender love because he was angry?” Selah

¹⁰Then I thought, “Here is what I will make my appeal to.

For many years the Most High God showed how powerful his right hand is.”

¹¹Lord, I will remember what you did.

Yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.

¹²I will spend time thinking about everything you have done.

I will consider all of your mighty acts.

¹³God, everything you do is holy.

What god is so great as our God?

¹⁴You are the God who does miracles.

You show your power among the nations.

¹⁵With your mighty arm you set your people free.

You set the children of Jacob and Joseph free. Selah

¹⁶God, the water of the Red Sea saw you.

It saw you and boiled up.

The deepest waters were stirred up.

¹⁷The clouds poured down rain.

The skies rumbled with thunder.

Lightning flashed back and forth like arrows.

¹⁸Your thunder was heard in the windstorm.

Your lightning lit up the world.

The earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹Your path led through the Red Sea.

You walked through the mighty waters.

But your footprints were not seen.

²⁰You led your people like a flock.

You led them by the hands of Moses and Aaron.