Psalm 77 - New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

Psalm 77[a]

Confidence in God During National Distress

1 For the leader; According to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.

I

2 I cry aloud to God,
I cry to God to hear me.
3 On the day of my distress I seek the Lord;
by night my hands are stretched out unceasingly;(A)
I refuse to be consoled.
4 When I think of God, I groan;
as I meditate, my spirit grows faint.(B)
Selah
5 You have kept me from closing my eyes in sleep;
I am troubled and cannot speak.
6 I consider the days of old;
the years long past 7 I remember.(C)
At night I ponder in my heart;
and as I meditate, my spirit probes:
8 “Will the Lord reject us forever,(D)
never again show favor?
9 Has God’s mercy ceased forever?
The promise to go unfulfilled for future ages?
10 Has God forgotten how to show mercy,
in anger withheld his compassion?”
Selah
11 [b]I conclude: “My sorrow is this,
the right hand of the Most High has abandoned us.”(E)

II

12 [c]I will recall the deeds of the Lord;
yes, recall your wonders of old.(F)
13 I will ponder all your works;
on your exploits I will meditate.
14 Your way, God, is holy;
what god is as great as our God?(G)
15 You are the God who does wonders;
among the peoples you have revealed your might.(H)
16 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph.(I)
Selah
17 The waters saw you, God;
the waters saw you and lashed about,
even the deeps of the sea[d] trembled.(J)
18 The clouds poured down their rains;
the thunderheads rumbled;
your arrows flashed back and forth.(K)
19 The thunder of your chariot wheels resounded;
your lightning lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.(L)
20 Through the sea was your way;
your path, through the mighty waters,
though your footsteps were unseen.(M)
21 You led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(N)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 77 A community lament in which the speaker (“I”) describes the anguish of Israel at God’s silence when its very existence is at stake (Ps 77:2–11). In response the speaker recites the story of how God brought the people into existence (Ps 77:12–20). The question is thus posed to God: Will you allow the people you created to be destroyed?
  2. 77:11 I conclude: lit., “I said.” The psalmist, after pondering the present distress and God’s promises to Israel, has decided that God has forgotten the people.
  3. 77:12 I will recall: the verb sometimes means to make present the great deeds of Israel’s past by reciting them, cf. Ps 78:42; 105:5; 106:7.
  4. 77:17 The deeps of the sea: Heb. tehom; the same word is used in Gn 1:2, where it alludes to the primeval seas which in ancient Semitic cosmography are tamed by God in creation, cf. Ps 74:12–17; 89:12–13 and notes.

Cross references

  1. 77:3 : Ps 50:15; 88:2.
  2. 77:4 : Jon 2:8.
  3. 77:7 : Ps 143:5; Dt 32:7.
  4. 77:8–10 : Ps 13:2; 44:24; 74:1; 80:5; 89:47; Lam 3:31.
  5. 77:11 : Ps 17:7; 18:36; Ex 15:6, 12.
  6. 77:12 : Ps 143:5.
  7. 77:14 : Ps 18:31; Ex 15:11.
  8. 77:15 : Ps 86:10; 89:6.
  9. 77:16 : Gn 46:26–27; Neh 1:10.
  10. 77:17 : Ps 18:16; 114:3; Na 1:4.
  11. 77:18 : Ps 18:14–15; 29; 144:6; Jb 37:3–4; Wis 5:21; Hab 3:10–11; Zec 9:14.
  12. 77:19 : Ps 18:8; 97:4; 99:1; Ex 19:16; Jgs 5:4–5.
  13. 77:20 : Neh 9:11; Wis 14:3; Is 51:10; Hab 3:15.
  14. 77:21 : Ps 78:52; Is 63:11–14; Hos 12:14; Mi 6:4.

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