Psalms 77
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Psalm 77
Confidence in a Time of Crisis
For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph.#1Ch 16:5,7 A psalm.
1I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.#Ps 3:4; 142:1
2I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.#Gn 37:35; Jb 11:13; Jr 31:15
3I think of God; I groan;
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.#Ps 42:5,11; 43:5; 55:17; 143:4Selah
4You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.#Ps 39:9
5I consider days of old,
years long past.#Dt 32:7; Ps 143:5
6At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.#Ps 4:4; 42:8
7“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?#Ps 44:9,23; 74:1; Lm 2:7; 3:31
8Has his faithful love ceased forever?
Is his promise at an end for all generations?#Ps 33:11; 85:5; 89:49
9Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” #Ps 25:6; 40:11; Is 49:15Selah
10So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”#77:10 Hb obscure#Ps 31:22; 73:14
11I will remember the Lord’s works;
yes, I will remember your ancient wonders.#Ps 105:5; 143:5
12I will reflect on all you have done
and meditate on your actions.#Ps 9:11; 90:16; 145:5
13God, your way is holy.
What god is great like God?#Ex 15:11; Ps 71:19; 86:8
14You are the God who works wonders;
you revealed your strength among the peoples.#Ps 72:18; 106:8
15With power you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.#Ex 6:6; Dt 9:29; Ps 74:2Selah
16The water saw you, God.
The water saw you; it trembled.
Even the depths shook.#Ps 114:3; Hab 3:8,10
17The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
your arrows flashed back and forth.#Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11; Zch 9:14
18The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.#Ps 29:3,9; 97:4
The earth shook and quaked.#2Sm 22:8; Ps 18:7; Is 13:13
19Your way went through the sea
and your path through the vast water,
but your footprints were unseen.#Is 43:16
20You led your people like a flock#Ps 78:52; 80:1
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.#Ps 105:26; Is 63:11–13
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Psalm 77
77
In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord
To the choirmaster: according to #Ps. 39, title Jeduthun. A Psalm of #Ps. 50, titleAsaph.
1I #See Ps. 3:4cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.
2 #
Ps. 86:7; [Ps. 20:1; 50:15; Isa. 26:16] In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in #Ps. 63:6; Isa. 26:9 the night my #[Ps. 143:6] hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul #Gen. 37:35refuses to be comforted.
3When I remember God, I #Ps. 42:5, 11; 43:5moan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
4You hold my eyelids open;
I am so #[Gen. 41:8]troubled that I cannot speak.
5I consider #ver. 10, 11; Ps. 44:1; 143:5; Deut. 32:7; Isa. 51:9the days of old,
the years long ago.
6I said,#77:6 Hebrew lacks I said “Let me remember my #See Ps. 42:8 song in the night;
let me #Ps. 4:4meditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7“Will the Lord #See Ps. 44:9 spurn forever,
and never again #Ps. 85:1be favorable?
8Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his #[Rom. 9:6]promises at an end for all time?
9 # [Isa. 49:15] Has God forgotten to be gracious?
# [Hab. 3:2] Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
10Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
to the years of the #[Ps. 118:15]right hand of the Most High.”#77:10 Or This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High has changed
11I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will #ver. 5; Ps. 105:5remember your wonders of old.
12I will ponder all your #Ps. 90:16 work,
and meditate on your #Ps. 9:11mighty deeds.
13Your way, O God, is #Ps. 73:17 holy.
# See Ps. 35:10 What god is great like our God?
14You are the God who #See Ps. 72:18 works wonders;
you have #Ps. 106:8made known your might among the peoples.
15You #[Ps. 74:2; Ex. 6:6; Deut. 9:29]with your arm redeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
16When #Ps. 114:3; Ex. 14:21; Josh. 3:15, 16; Hab. 3:10the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
indeed, the deep trembled.
17The clouds poured out water;
the skies #[Ps. 68:33] gave forth thunder;
your #See Ps. 18:14arrows flashed on every side.
18 #
Ps. 104:7 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
#
Ps. 97:4 your lightnings lighted up the world;
the earth #See Ps. 18:7trembled and shook.
19Your #Hab. 3:15 way was through the sea,
your path through the great waters;
yet your footprints #See Ps. 36:6were unseen.#77:19 Hebrew unknown
20You #Ps. 78:52, 53; 80:1; Ex. 13:21; 14:19; Isa. 63:11, 12led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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