Psalms 77

1 For the excellent musician Ieduthun. A Psalme committed to Asaph. My voyce came to God, when I cryed: my voyce came to God, and he heard me.

Unto the end. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me.

2 In the day of my trouble I sought ye Lord: my sore ranne and ceased not in the night: my soule refused comfort.

In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled.

3 I did thinke vpon God, and was troubled: I praied, and my spirit was full of anguish. (Selah)

I was mindful of God, and I was delighted, and I was distressed, and my spirit fell away.

4 Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonied and could not speake.

My eyes anticipated the vigils. I was disturbed, and I did not speak.

5 Then I considered the daies of olde, and the yeeres of ancient time.

I considered the days of antiquity, and I held the years of eternity in my mind.

6 I called to remembrance my song in the night: I communed with mine owne heart, and my spirit searched diligently.

And I meditated in the night with my heart, and I was distressed, and I examined my spirit.

7 Will the Lord absent him selfe for euer? and will he shewe no more fauour?

So then, will God reject for eternity? Will he not continue to allow himself to show favor?

8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? doeth his promise faile for euermore?

Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation?

9 Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? (Selah)

And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?

10 And I sayde, This is my death: yet I remembred the yeeres of the right hand of the most High.

And I said, “Now I have begun. This change is from the right hand of the Most High.”

11 I remembred the workes of the Lord: certainely I remembred thy wonders of olde.

I was mindful of the works of the Lord. For I will be mindful from the beginning of your wonders,

12 I did also meditate all thy woorkes, and did deuise of thine actes, saying,

and I will meditate on all your works. And I will take part in your intentions.

13 Thy way, O God, is in the Sanctuarie: who is so great a God as our God!

Your way, O God, is in what is holy. Which God is great like our God?

14 Thou art ye God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy power among the people.

You are the God who performs miracles. You have made your virtue known among the peoples.

15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with thine arme, euen the sonnes of Iaakob and Ioseph. (Selah)

With your arm, you have redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and of Joseph.

16 The waters sawe thee, O God: the waters sawe thee, and were afraide: yea, the depths trembled.

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and they were afraid, and the depths were stirred up.

17 The cloudes powred out water: the heauens gaue a sounde: yea, thine arrowes went abroade.

Great was the sound of the waters. The clouds uttered a voice. For your arrows also pass by.

18 The voyce of thy thunder was rounde about: the lightnings lightened the worlde: the earth trembled and shooke.

The voice of your thunder is like a wheel. Your flashes have illuminated the whole world. The earth has quaked and trembled.

19 Thy way is in the Sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footesteps are not knowen.

Your way is through the sea, and your paths are through many waters. And your traces will not be known.

20 Thou diddest leade thy people like sheepe by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

You have conducted your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.