In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of (B)Asaph.
77 I (C)cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.
2 (D)In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in (E)the night my (F)hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul (G)refuses to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, I (H)moan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so (I)troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider (J)the days of old,
the years long ago.
6 I said,[a] “Let me remember my (K)song in the night;
let me (L)meditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7 “Will the Lord (M)spurn for ever,
and never again (N)be favourable?
8 Has his steadfast love for ever ceased?
Are his (O)promises at an end for all time?
9 (P)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
(Q)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
to the years of the (R)right hand of the Most High.”[b]
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will (S)remember your wonders of old.
12 I will ponder all your (T)work,
and meditate on your (U)mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is (V)holy.
(W)What god is great like our God?
14 You are the God who (X)works wonders;
you have (Y)made known your might among the peoples.
15 You (Z)with your arm redeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
16 When (AA)the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
indeed, the deep trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water;
the skies (AB)gave forth thunder;
your (AC)arrows flashed on every side.
18 (AD)The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
(AE)your lightnings lighted up the world;
the earth (AF)trembled and shook.
19 Your (AG)way was through the sea,
your path through the great waters;
yet your footprints (AH)were unseen.[c]
20 You (AI)led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Footnotes
- Psalm 77:6 Hebrew lacks I said
- Psalm 77:10 Or This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High has changed
- Psalm 77:19 Hebrew unknown
Cross references
- Psalm 77:1 : Ps. 39, title
- Psalm 77:1 : Ps. 50, title
- Psalm 77:1 : See Ps. 3:4
- Psalm 77:2 : Ps. 86:7; [Ps. 20:1; 50:15; Isa. 26:16]
- Psalm 77:2 : Ps. 63:6; Isa. 26:9
- Psalm 77:2 : [Ps. 143:6]
- Psalm 77:2 : Gen. 37:35
- Psalm 77:3 : Ps. 42:5, 11; 43:5
- Psalm 77:4 : [Gen. 41:8]
- Psalm 77:5 : ver. 10, 11; Ps. 44:1; 143:5; Deut. 32:7; Isa. 51:9
- Psalm 77:6 : See Ps. 42:8
- Psalm 77:6 : Ps. 4:4
- Psalm 77:7 : See Ps. 44:9
- Psalm 77:7 : Ps. 85:1
- Psalm 77:8 : [Rom. 9:6]
- Psalm 77:9 : [Isa. 49:15]
- Psalm 77:9 : [Hab. 3:2]
- Psalm 77:10 : [Ps. 118:15]
- Psalm 77:11 : ver. 5; Ps. 105:5
- Psalm 77:12 : Ps. 90:16
- Psalm 77:12 : Ps. 9:11
- Psalm 77:13 : Ps. 73:17
- Psalm 77:13 : See Ps. 35:10
- Psalm 77:14 : See Ps. 72:18
- Psalm 77:14 : Ps. 106:8
- Psalm 77:15 : [Ps. 74:2; Ex. 6:6; Deut. 9:29]
- Psalm 77:16 : Ps. 114:3; Ex. 14:21; Josh. 3:15, 16; Hab. 3:10
- Psalm 77:17 : [Ps. 68:33]
- Psalm 77:17 : See Ps. 18:14
- Psalm 77:18 : Ps. 104:7
- Psalm 77:18 : Ps. 97:4
- Psalm 77:18 : See Ps. 18:7
- Psalm 77:19 : Hab. 3:15
- Psalm 77:19 : See Ps. 36:6
- Psalm 77:20 : Ps. 78:52, 53; 80:1; Ex. 13:21; 14:19; Isa. 63:11, 12