Psalm 76:title–77:20

PSALM 76

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

1 In Judah God is known,

his name is great in Israel.

2 His abode has been established in Salem,

his dwelling place in Zion.

3 There he broke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. [Selah]

4 Glorious art thou, more majestic

than the everlasting mountains.g

5 The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;

they sank into sleep;

all the men of war

were unable to use their hands.

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both rider and horse lay stunned.

7 But thou, terrible art thou!

Who can stand before thee

when once thy anger is roused?

8 From the heavens thou didst utter judgment;

the earth feared and was still,

9 when God arose to establish judgment

to save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah]

10 Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee;

the residue of wrath thou wilt gird upon thee.

11 Make your vows to the Lord your God, and perform them;

let all around him bring gifts

to him who is to be feared,

12 who cuts off the spirit of princes,

who is terrible to the kings of the earth.

PSALM 77

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

1 I cry aloud to God,

aloud to God, that he may hear me.

2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;

in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;

my soul refuses to be comforted.

3 I think of God, and I moan;

I meditate, and my spirit faints. [Selah]

4 Thou dost hold my eyelids from closing;

I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

5 I consider the days of old,

I remember the years long ago.

6 I communeh with my heart in the night;

I meditate and search my spirit:i

7 “Will the Lord spurn for ever,

and never again be favorable?

8 Has his steadfast love for ever ceased?

Are his promises at an end for all time?

9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?

Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” [Selah]

10 And I say, “It is my grief

that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;

yea, I will remember thy wonders of old.

12 I will meditate on all thy work,

and muse on thy mighty deeds.

13 Thy way, O God, is holy.

What god is great like our God?

14 Thou art the God who workest wonders,

who hast manifested thy might among the peoples.

15 Thou didst with thy arm redeem thy people,

the sons of Jacob and Joseph. [Selah]

16 When the waters saw thee, O God,

when the waters saw thee, they were afraid,

yea, the deep trembled.

17 The clouds poured out water;

the skies gave forth thunder;

thy arrows flashed on every side.

18 The crash of thy thunder was in the whirlwind;

thy lightnings lighted up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way was through the sea,

thy path through the great waters;

yet thy footprints were unseen.

20 Thou didst lead thy people like a flock

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.