Psalms 77
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Psalm 77
Asaph wrote this song for the music leader, Jeduthun.
A prayer in times of trouble #77:1 In verses 10-15, the writer remembers the great things that God has done. He remembers that God is still great and powerful. Verses 16-20 are about God leading his people from Egypt to their new home in Canaan. They had to go through the Red Sea. God was so powerful that he made a dry road through the sea for his people. After they crossed the Red Sea, Moses and Aaron led them through the wilderness.
1I will call out to God for help.
I will call aloud to God,
and he will listen to me.
2When trouble came to me,
I looked for the Lord to help me.
All through the night,
I lifted my hands to him while I prayed.
But I did not feel peace in myself.
3When I think about God,
I am sad and upset.
I do not know if he will help me.
Selah.
4God, you do not let me close my eyes to sleep.
I am so upset that I cannot even speak. #77:4 The writer cannot sleep and he does not know what to pray.
5I think about my life long ago,
in the years that have passed.
6At night, I remember the songs that I sang before.
I think carefully about what is happening.
7I ask myself, ‘Will the Lord always turn against me?
Will he never be kind to me again?
8Does he no longer have a faithful love for his people?
Will he never do what he has promised us?
9Has God forgotten to be kind and help us?
Is he so angry that he will not be kind to us any more?’ #77:9 There are 6 questions which the writer asked. They mean, ‘Will God ever help us again?’
Selah.
10Then I said, ‘This makes me very upset!
Has the Most High God stopped helping us?
11I will remember the things that the Lord has done.
Yes, I will remember the miracles that you did long ago.
12I will think about everything that you have done.
I will think carefully about all those great things.’
13God, your ways are holy.
There is no god as great as our God.
14You are the God who does miracles.
You show the nations
that you are very powerful.
15You used your power to rescue your people.
Yes, you saved the descendants
of Jacob and Joseph.
Selah.
16The waters of the sea saw you, God.
When they saw you,
they shook with fear!
Even the deepest seas were afraid.
17Rain poured down from the clouds.
The noise of thunder was in the skies.
Your arrows of lightning
shot everywhere.
18The sound of your thunder was in the storm.
Your lightning made all the world bright.
The earth shook.
19You went through the sea.
Your path went through the deep water,
but nobody saw where your feet had gone.
20You led your people,
as a shepherd leads his sheep.
Moses and Aaron did that for you.
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