Psalms 77

1 I will cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and he will give ear to me.

I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me.

2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not. My soul refused to be comforted.

Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, [but] nothing causes me to be comforted.

3 I remember God, and am disquieted. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. (Selah)

When I think about God, I (despair/think that he will never help me); when I meditate about him, I am discouraged.

4 Thou have held my eyelids watching. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

[All during the night] he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.

5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

I think about days that have passed; I remember [what happened in] previous years.

6 I call to remembrance my song in the night. I commune with my own heart, and my spirit makes diligent search.

I spend the whole night thinking [about things]; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

7 Will the Lord cast off forever? And will he be favorable no more?

“Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?

8 Has his loving kindness entirely gone forever? Does his promise fail for evermore?

Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do?

9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? (Selah)

God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry [with us], has he decided to not be kind to us?”

10 And I said, This is my infirmity, the change of the right hand of the Most High.

Then I said, “What causes me to be [very] sad is that [it seems that] God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.”

11 I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah, for I will remember thy wonders of old.

[But then], Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past.

12 I will meditate also upon all thy work, and muse on thy doings.

I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts.

13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary. Who is a great god like God?

God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god [RHQ] who is great like you are!

14 Thou are the God who does wonders. Thou have made known thy strength among the peoples.

You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful.

15 With thine arm thou have redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

By your power [MTY] you rescued your people [from Egypt]; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and [his son] Joseph.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. They were afraid. The depths also trembled.

[It was as though] the waters [of the Red Sea] saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook.

17 The clouds poured out water. The skies sent out a sound. Thine arrows also went abroad.

Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered [very loudly] [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.

18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lightened the world. The earth trembled and shook.

Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning (lit up/flashed across) the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].

19 Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters. And thy footsteps were not known.

[Then] you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.

20 Thou led thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

You led your people like [a shepherd leads his] flock [of sheep], while Moses and Aaron were the leaders [of your people].