Psalms 77

Psalm 77

God’s Mighty Deeds Recalled

1I cry aloud to God,[#Ps 3.4]

aloud to God, that he may hear me.

2In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;[#Ps 50.15; Isa 26.9, 16]

in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;

my soul refuses to be comforted.

3I think of God, and I moan;[#Ps 142.3; 143.4]

I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah

4You keep my eyelids from closing;

I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

5I consider the days of old[#Deut 32.7; Isa 51.9]

and remember the years of long ago.

6I commune with my heart in the night;[#Ps 4.4; 42.8; #77.6 Gk Syr: Heb My music]

I meditate and search my spirit:

7“Will the Lord spurn forever[#Ps 74.1; 85.1]

and never again be favorable?

8Has his steadfast love ceased forever?[#Ps 89.49; 2 Pet 3.9]

Are his promises at an end for all time?

9Has God forgotten to be gracious?[#Ps 25.6; Isa 49.15]

Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

10And I say, “It is my grief[#Ps 31.22; 44.2, 3]

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

11I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord ;[#Ps 143.5]

I will remember your wonders of old.

12I will meditate on all your work

and muse on your mighty deeds.

13Your way, O God, is holy.[#Ex 15.11; Ps 73.17]

What god is so great as our God?

14You are the God who works wonders;

you have displayed your might among the peoples.

15With your strong arm you redeemed your people,[#Ex 6.6; Deut 9.29]

the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

16When the waters saw you, O God,[#Ex 14.21]

when the waters saw you, they were afraid;

the very deep trembled.

17The clouds poured out water;[#Judg 5.4; 2 Sam 22.15]

the skies thundered;

your arrows flashed on every side.

18The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;[#2 Sam 22.8]

your lightnings lit up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.

19Your way was through the sea,[#Ex 14.28; Hab 3.15]

your path through the mighty waters,

yet your footprints were unseen.

20You led your people like a flock[#Ex 6.26; 13.21; Isa 63.11–13]

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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