Psalms 77
77
A Cry to God
To the Pure and Shining One
Asaph’s song of love’s celebration
1I poured out my complaint to you, God.
I lifted up my voice, shouting out for your help.
2When I was in deep distress, in my day of trouble,
I reached out for you with hands stretched out to heaven.
Over and over I kept looking for you, God,
but your comforting grace was nowhere to be found.
3As I thought of you I moaned, “God, where are you?” # 77:3 Or “When I am in heaviness [depressed], I will think upon God.”
I’m overwhelmed with despair as I wait for your help to arrive.
Pause in his presence
4I can’t get a wink of sleep until you come and comfort me.
Now I’m too burdened to even pray!
5My mind wandered, thinking of days gone by—
the years long since passed.
6Then I remembered the worship songs I used to sing
in the night seasons,
and my heart began to fill again with thoughts of you.
So my spirit went out once more in search of you.
7Would you really walk off and leave me forever, my Lord God?
Won’t you show me your kind favor, delighting in me again?
8Has your well of sweet mercy dried up?
Will your promises never come true?
9Have you somehow forgotten to show me love?
Are you so angry that you’ve closed
your heart of compassion toward me?
Pause in his presence
10Lord, what wounds me most is that it’s somehow my fault that
you’ve changed your heart toward me
and I no longer see the years of the Mighty One
or your right hand of power. # 77:10 This difficult verse has a number of alternate translations, including “Your right hand has changed [or withered].” The implication is that God’s power and protection are no longer being seen.
11Yet I could never forget all your miracles, my God,
as I remember all your wonders of old.
12I ponder all you’ve done, Lord, musing on all your miracles.
13It’s here in your presence, in your sanctuary,
where I learn more of your ways, # 77:13 This is an alternative translation.
for holiness is revealed in everything you do.
Lord, you’re the one and only, the great and glorious God!
14Your display of wonders, miracles, and power
makes the nations acknowledge you.
15By your glory-bursts you’ve rescued us over and over.
Just ask the sons of Jacob or
the sons of Joseph, and they will tell you!
And all of us, your beloved ones, know that it’s true!
Pause in his presence
16When the many waters of the Red Sea took one look at you, # 77:16 Although the Red Sea is not mentioned in the verse, it is implied in the context.
they were afraid and ran away to hide—
trembling to its depths!
17Storm clouds filled with water high in the skies;
cloudbursts and thunderclaps announced your approach.
Lightning-flashes lit up the landscape.
18Rolling whirlwinds exploded with sonic booms of thunder,
rumbling as the skies shouted out your story
with light and sound and wind.
Everything on earth shook and trembled as you drew near.
19Your steps formed a highway through the seas
with footprints on a pathway no one even knew was there. # 77:19 This could be a prophecy of Jesus one day walking on water.
20You led your people forward by your loving hand,
blessed by the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
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77
Remember the Wonders
1For the music director, on Jeduthun: a psalm of Asaph.
2My voice to God—and I cried out, my voice to God—and He heard me!
3In the day of my trouble I seek my Lord. At night my hand stretches out untiringly. My soul refuses to be comforted.
4I remember God and I moan. I muse, and my spirit grows faint. Selah
5You hold my eyelids open— I am so troubled—I cannot speak.
6I ponder the days of old, the years long ago.
7In the night I remember my song. I meditate with my heart and my spirit is searching.
8“Will the Lord reject forever and never again show favor?
9Has His mercy vanished forever? Has His promise come to an end forever?
10Has God forgotten to be gracious? Or has He in anger withdrawn his mercies?” Selah
11Then I said: “It wounds me— that the right hand of Elyon has changed.”
12I will remember the deeds of Adonai. Yes, I will muse about Your wonders of old.
13I will meditate also on all Your work and consider Your deeds.”
14O God, Your way is holy. What god is great like God?
15You are the God who works wonders. You have made Your power known among the peoples.
16With your arm You redeemed Your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
17The waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You and writhed, even the depths shook.
18The clouds poured out water, the skies resounded, Your arrows flashed back and forth.
19The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind. Lightning lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
20Your way was in the sea, and Your path in the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not seen.
21You led Your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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